Designers Note
Shōganai is a stylish and versatile Japanese-inspired font featuring clean, modern lines with a touch of handwritten charm. Designed for both digital and print use, it offers excellent readability and visual appeal. The font includes a full set of Latin characters, making it ideal for multilingual projects, logos, and creative designs. With its balanced proportions and elegant simplicity, Shōganai adds a unique touch to any text.
I really like the Japanese language, as it has words that describe a whole world of meaning. Like Shoganai. It literally means: ‘It cannot be helped’. That’s life, get used to it. Shoganai sums up a lot of the Japanese culture and way of thinking: if things cannot be helped, then accept it and move on.
Shoganai is a set of Brush fonts: a thinner, script font and a heavy display font. Use if for book covers, product packaging and more. If you can’t use it, then, well, Shoganai.
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