I'm working on an Android app for learning Japanese kanji (the writing system), and perhaps Japanese vocabulary as well.
It's already available in Google Play at play.google.com/store/apps/details... with basic functionality. It's currently intended only as a companion app for people studying with a specific book. But over time I'd like to evolve it into a more general-purpose app that can be used with any method, and also include vocabulary flash cards and quizzes as well. Other features I'd like to add include handwriting recognition, a "nag me to study" notification option, animations of kanji being drawn, and a bunch of other stuff.
If anyone knows a free or relatively cheap-to-license 教科書体 (textbook-style) Japanese font, that'd be immensely helpful.
Adobe and Google partnered to release an open source font for Japanese, Chinese and Korean in 2014… maybe it will be of use to you! You can either use Typekit for the fonts, or download the fonts directly from GitHub:
Thanks! I'm aware of Noto and am currently using it, but unfortunately it's not "textbook style". It's too squared-off and stylized to use as a model for teaching handwriting.
I'd use the font I linked, except that the license only allows it to be used with Epson printers, and I doubt Epson is interested in making an exception for a free app that can't offer them any significant money.
I'm working on an Android app for learning Japanese kanji (the writing system), and perhaps Japanese vocabulary as well.
It's already available in Google Play at play.google.com/store/apps/details... with basic functionality. It's currently intended only as a companion app for people studying with a specific book. But over time I'd like to evolve it into a more general-purpose app that can be used with any method, and also include vocabulary flash cards and quizzes as well. Other features I'd like to add include handwriting recognition, a "nag me to study" notification option, animations of kanji being drawn, and a bunch of other stuff.
If anyone knows a free or relatively cheap-to-license 教科書体 (textbook-style) Japanese font, that'd be immensely helpful.
Adobe and Google partnered to release an open source font for Japanese, Chinese and Korean in 2014… maybe it will be of use to you! You can either use Typekit for the fonts, or download the fonts directly from GitHub:
Thanks! I'm aware of Noto and am currently using it, but unfortunately it's not "textbook style". It's too squared-off and stylized to use as a model for teaching handwriting.
I'm looking for something more like this: wazu.jp/gallery/views/View_epkyouk...
I'd use the font I linked, except that the license only allows it to be used with Epson printers, and I doubt Epson is interested in making an exception for a free app that can't offer them any significant money.
Hey Joshua! I use daily KanjiSenpai and it's proposing alternative font and two of them may correspond to you criteria: