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Massilia JP

Latin-to-Kana expansion of a Marseille-inspired type family

Massilia JP extends the Massilia family to cover Latin, Cyrillic, Hiragana, and Katakana scripts, with support for both horizontal and vertical writing systems. The design draws on Roger Excoffon's work and the character of Marseille, balancing brush-like stroke qualities against geometric terminals. The family is available as TTF, WOFF, and Variable files.

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Insights

The family supports both horizontal and vertical Japanese writing systems, requiring layout-aware glyph design decisions.
Combining brush-like features with geometric endings across Latin, Cyrillic, and Kana scripts demands consistent stroke logic at a cross-script level.
The source describes contrasting behaviour between light weights in small text and bolder versions at display sizes, suggesting intentional weight differentiation.