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FZShaolinGongfuTi: Translation From Shaolin Kungfu to Typeface Design

Shaolin Temple is one of the birthplaces of Chinese Kungfu and an important symbol of Chinese culture. In order to promote the Shaolin Kungfu culture in global communications, Foundertype and Shaolin Temple have jointly designed a Shaolin Temple brand type, “FZShaolinGongfuTi,” as a unique visual cultural symbol.

This typeface was inspired by the stone stele monument “Qianya Wanhe” of Shaolin Temple, which means thousand cliffs and ten thousand gullies. It is a headline typeface with Chinese traditional calligraphy BangShu style. Its characters are majestic, rigid, and flexible, displaying the flowing style of XingShu, as well as the stability and hardness of the stone stele, which are perfectly integrated with the image of Shaolin Kungfu.

FZShaolinGongfuTi provides multilingual font supports, including Chinese, Japanese, Latin (Latin Extended), Korean, Arabic, Greek, and Cyrillic, with a unique aesthetic, cultural connotations, and utility.

Presented by Wang Wen with translation provided by Shiyang He.

Speaker

Shiyang He

Shiyang He is a typeface designer based in Beijing. He embarked on his career in typeface design after graduating from the MATD program at the University of Reading in 2021. His research primarily focuses on Arabic scripts used within China. Currently, he works at FounderType and specializes in designing non-CJK scripts. Shiyang's work encompasses Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and Arabic script designs. Additionally, he is also involved in multi-script pairing between Hanzi and other scripts.

Speaker

Wang Wen

Wen Wang graduated from the Beijing Institute Of Graphic Communication, and has worked in both the graphics and type design eras for 22 years. Wang is the vice design director of font design at FounderType, and is a Member of the Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA). Major works: Founder Bangshu Kai, Founder Bangshu Xing, Founder Qu Song, and Founder Yashi Hei.