I wanted to realize a dark themed keyset for a while, around Samurai and Japanese history.
I went for a cold and a light gray in order to get a strong but subtle color contrast.
The vivid red is definitely the most important color here. All the colors come from the RAL book.
You might have noticed, these alphas currently does not exist… I decided to offer new Japanese sub-legends (instead of Hiraganas): Katakanas.
Those are definitely more sharpened and “aggressive” than Hiraganas, slicing the alphas like the Wakizashi!
No I’m not talking about Hiragana vs Katakana. I’m talking about the specific Katakana font being used here. It’s like whether Helvetica matches Calibri, not whether Latin letters match Greek latters.
Now I can recognize that the corners are indeed a little rounded in the kit renders. But, in my opinion, this is not enough. The stroke has to end in a semicircle just like it does for the Latin characters. I get that you want it to look aggressive, but for me the different font styles just look out of place.
Also, when the new molds are created, please make sure that the original Cherry legends are used for the Latin/symbols part. Don’t make the same errors that happened with the Hiragana molds for GMK Laser, where they just used Helvetica Rounded.