Momochidori

Set to be released in February 2025, “Momochidori” is a revolutionary Japanese font that uses variable font technology to allow users to freely change its aspect ratio. With a single font file, you can instantly access continuous variations in weight and style within the typeface family. Our original design incorporates traditional Japanese elements while utilizing state-of-the-art technology. We are delighted to have received the Type Design Prize at Tokyo TDC, and we are grateful that the judges recognized and appreciated the potential of new technology and Japanese typefaces.

Client: Adobe

Ryoko Nishizuka

Adobe Type Principal Designer at Adobe KK. Graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at the College of Art and Design of Musashino Art University. While studying there, she developed an interest in type design and created a font for her graduation project, which later became “Kazuraki.” She then joined Adobe Systems Co., Ltd. (now Adobe KK) in 1997. After joining the company, she worked on the “Kozuka” font family under the guidance of Masahiko Kozuka. She subsequently worked on many other typefaces, including “Ryo,” “Kazuraki,” “Source Han Sans,” “Source Han Serif,” and “Ten-Mincho.” In 2025, she released “Momochidori,” the first Japanese font to support a variable aspect ratio. She continues to explore new possibilities for fonts, combining traditional techniques with new technologies. She began studying calligraphy when creating “Kazuraki” under the calligraphy pen name “Seiho,” meaning “star peak.”

Frank Grießhammer (Nuremberg, 1983)
studied graphic design at HBKsaar in Saarbrücken, Germany, and at ISIA in Florence, Italy. In 2010, he graduated from Type & Media Master program at KABK The Hague.

After working with FontShop International in Berlin, he joined the Adobe Type Team in 2011. Frank’s work sits at the intersection of coding and typeface design. Periodically, Frank is teaching coding and design workshops in type design programs across Europe.