#Art #Solidarity
Hong Kong font designer’s bold effort to preserve Cantonese culture
//In January, Moodmen Font launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise HK$1 million for Reborn Font, with the goal of publishing designs for more than 5,000 traditional Chinese characters that Chan hopes to conserve.
“If you say that it does not matter whether it is traditional or simplified Chinese characters as long as people can understand it, then you’re not really a Hongkonger… If you think like that, you’re not one of those defending traditional Chinese characters.”
The font designer hoped to appeal to those who use traditional Chinese characters.
“You don’t have to be especially proud of it, but when it’s your mother-tongue, such as Cantonese, when there are cultures that you don’t want to see disappear, you have to do something to defend them.”//
Source: HKFP; #Feb6
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https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/06/defining-character-a-hong-kong-font-designers-bold-effort-to-preserve-cantonese-culture/
Hong Kong font designer’s bold effort to preserve Cantonese culture
//In January, Moodmen Font launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise HK$1 million for Reborn Font, with the goal of publishing designs for more than 5,000 traditional Chinese characters that Chan hopes to conserve.
“If you say that it does not matter whether it is traditional or simplified Chinese characters as long as people can understand it, then you’re not really a Hongkonger… If you think like that, you’re not one of those defending traditional Chinese characters.”
The font designer hoped to appeal to those who use traditional Chinese characters.
“You don’t have to be especially proud of it, but when it’s your mother-tongue, such as Cantonese, when there are cultures that you don’t want to see disappear, you have to do something to defend them.”//
Source: HKFP; #Feb6
Read full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/06/defining-character-a-hong-kong-font-designers-bold-effort-to-preserve-cantonese-culture/
"Wishing peace for Mr. Allan Au and all Hongkongers," wrote Ar To. "Outlive them. See you in the future."
Hong Kong artist #ArTo posted this comic today, after veteran journalist #AllanAu was arrested by national security police.
Au was accused of "conspiring to publish seditious materials", though the police refused to give details on which of his writings broke the law.
See also:
Hong Kong journalist Allan Au arrested by national security police
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/392
#Art #FreedomOfSpeech #NationalSecurityLaw #Sedition
Hong Kong artist #ArTo posted this comic today, after veteran journalist #AllanAu was arrested by national security police.
Au was accused of "conspiring to publish seditious materials", though the police refused to give details on which of his writings broke the law.
See also:
Hong Kong journalist Allan Au arrested by national security police
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/392
#Art #FreedomOfSpeech #NationalSecurityLaw #Sedition