Morita
Hadrien Herzog · Hadrien Herzog · 2023
A two-weight display typeface reinterpreting Minoru Morita's 1972 Rain Drops lettering, with sci-fi alternates and comic book ornaments.
About
Morita is a display typeface built around aperture play: stylistic sets flip between fully closed and fully open letterforms, shifting the tone from futuristic to rounded. Stylistic sets four and five push further into sci-fi territory with horizontal finials and comet-style Os. The character set extends beyond the alphabet into symbols, halftone patterns and movement lines – direct references to the comic book and karate culture that shaped the original 1972 source material.
Classification
A display typeface built around aperture manipulation, toggled via stylistic sets. Geometric construction with a sci-fi and comic-book aesthetic, descended from Minoru Morita's 1972 Rain Drops lettering. The variable aperture treatment and horizontal finials place it firmly in the decorative display category rather than a conventional grotesque or geometric sans.