Downloadable fonts for hanko?

[R Freeman]

Hello all,

An acquaintance of an acquaintance heard that I dabble with the Japanese language and has asked me to organise a fancy looking hanko for his Aikido school. 

I could arrange to have a hanko made in Japan, I suppose, but I thought about faking it with a rubber stamp.

After a little googling I found that the most popular readable font for a hanko is Koin-tai. (Other popular fonts are, apparently, Insho-tai, Kaisyo-tai, Tensho-tai, and Gyosho-tai.)

Does anyone know where I can get this font from (free or paid, it doesn't matter)? I use a Windows machine.

cheers,

Robert Freeman

[Joe Jones]

Forget about rubber stamps. There are a bunch of online hanko shops
that will cut a seal to order and ship it to you for 2,000 yen or
less. Even with an overseas shipping surcharge it will be a cheaper,
easier and higher-quality alternative to "rolling your own."

Joe Jones

[Tom Donahue]

R Freeman writes:

> After a little googling I found that the most popular readable font
> for a hanko is Koin-tai. > (Other popular fonts are, apparently,
> Insho-tai, Kaisyo-tai, Tensho-tai, and Gyosho-tai.)

Here's a list of hanko making apps at Vector.
http://www.jpita.or.jp/hpv3/tano_down.html

And here's a list of fonts at Vector.
http://www.vector.co.jp/vpack/filearea/win/writing/font/

Search for 篆書体 on both pages. Personally that's the
one I like (I don't care so much about readable).

Vector is my favorite place for Japanese free software.

--
Tom Donahue