[FONTPLUS 10th Anniversary] A special site has been released that collects over 60 case study sites, and the TOP 20 “characters” that were frequently used in the first half of 2021 have also been announced.

The web font service “FONTPLUS” provided by SB Technology Corp. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President ＆ CEO: Shinichi Ata, hereinafter referred to as SBT”) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on July 27, 2021. I did. In commemoration of this, we are pleased to announce that we have opened a special site "FONTPLUS GALLERY".

We will also announce a ranking of frequently used characters across all sites using FONTPLUS.

"FONTPLUS GALLERY" TOP page

You can also browse by typeface.

At FONTPLUS GALLERY, you can view a gallery of over 60 sites brought together with the cooperation of FONTPLUS users. Web fonts are used as effective tools to express corporate branding and messages. We plan to continue increasing the number of galleries in the future.

10th anniversary special site “FONTPLUS GALLERY” ▶ https://gallery.fontplus.jp/

■Announcing the ranking of “Frequently used characters/kanji in the first half of 2021”…What are the frequently used characters?

We will announce a ranking of frequently used characters for all sites using FONTPLUS in the first half of the year from January 1 to June 30, 2021.

[Top 20 frequently used characters in the first half of 2021]
This ranking covers all characters, including Japanese (hiragana/katakana), European characters, numbers, and symbols, excluding kanji.
Among the hundreds of characters, the most used character was ``-'' (long note).
It turns out that "-" (long note) is often used on websites, such as "computer" and "internet."

[Top 20 frequently used kanji in the first half of 2021]
The ranking of kanji is as shown below.
Out of over 13,000 kanji included in the Japanese font, the most used kanji was ``ho''.
In second place is ``jo,'' so we can see that the word ``information'' is used a lot.

SBT will continue to actively work to improve FONTPLUS' services and develop it into a useful service in the web production field.

■About “FONTPLUS”

A web font service launched in July 2011, you can use a wide variety of professional fonts from 14 domestic and international font manufacturers and approximately 3,600 types for as little as 1,100 yen per month (tax included). Dynamic subsetting technology extracts only the characters necessary for the content, making website display quick and easy, providing an unprecedented experience for online communication.

Please see here for service details ▶ https://fontplus.jp/

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