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Want to learn katakana? Here is a perfect font to read it!!

(c)johnson banks design limited 2009

They were designed by a graphic designer Michael Johnson and his team at johnson banks in London.

They call the font “phonetikana”. Each katakana is written the pronunciation on it!!

For example, a Japanese clothing store UNIQLO is written like this in katakana.

(c)johnson banks design limited 2009

And pronounced “yoo nee koo roh”.

(c)johnson banks design limited 2009

Another example, “toh ma toh”= tomato.

(c)johnson banks design limited 2009

The design is stylish and it will be very useful at tourist sites in Japan.

I wonder if they can design hiragana version of it as “phonetigana” (^o^)/

To see more “phonetikana” work, visit Johnson banks website.

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