Adobe Typekit partners with Morisawa, the high-profile Japanese type foundry

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by Sindy Cator on October 5, 2015 at 5:00 pm

A brand new partnership is set to bring dozens of high-quality Japanese fonts to Typekit, directly benefiting Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers. Adobe announced at its MAX creative conference today that it has entered into a pact with Morisawa, the popular Japanese type foundry, to release 20 Morisawa and TypeBank fonts in the Typekit library. Adobe has a longstanding interest in Asian typography. Earlier this year, Typekit extended its service to support Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) Web fonts, creating a new interface for search and discovery tailored to Japanese typefaces. This follows a move last year when Adobe teamed up with Google to offer Source…