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May 21, 2009. / Apple LiGothic - Xiangqi

I’ve always been interested in Chinese typography yet I’ve find it pretty difficult in understanding how the style is formed. I guess it would be similar in concept as western typography. I found a Chinese chess set the other day that my sister gave me and I thought I should start off with the characters from this chess set. First off from the available fonts from Photoshop for Chinese characters.

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