hàn zì zhè gè dōng xī tài wěi dà le

汉字这个东西太伟大了

Chinese characters are so great

shì wǒ men zhōng guó rén zì jǐ de

是我们中国人自己的

Is our Chinese own

jì shì chéng zài xìn xī de zài tǐ tā yòu shì tú xíng

既是承载信息的载体，它又是图形

It is a carrier of information, it is also a graphic

jì shì gōng jù yòu shì wán jù

既是工具，又是玩具

Both a tool and a toy

gāo zhōng de shí hòu jiù kāi shǐ xǐ huān zuò yī xiē zì tǐ

高中的时候就开始喜欢做一些字体

I started to like to make some fonts in high school

wén zì lèi xíng de tú yā

文字类型的涂鸦

Text type graffiti

kě néng zài kā fēi diàn chī gè zǎo cān

可能在咖啡店吃个早餐

Maybe have breakfast in a coffee shop

zài nǎ pà shì xiǎo piào huò zhě shì bāo zhuāng dài shàng

在哪怕是小票，或者是包装袋上

Even if it’s a small ticket or a packaging bag

dōu kě yǐ huì huà zì jǐ de zì tǐ

都可以绘画自己的字体

Can draw their own fonts

yà zhōu hěn duō guó jiā dōu shì hàn zì yuán de guó jiā

亚洲很多国家，都是汉字源的国家

Many countries in Asia are the origin of Chinese characters

jiù zài rì běn néng gòu sōu suǒ dào de zì kù zhǒng lèi jiāng jìn yī wàn zhǒng

就在日本，能够搜索到的字库种类，将近一万种

Just in Japan, there are nearly 10,000 types of fonts that can be searched

ér zài wǒ men zì jǐ guó jiā jiā qǐ lái kě néng dōu bù dào yī qiān zhǒng de yàng zi

而在我们自己国家，加起来可能都不到一千种的样子

But in our own country, it may not add up to a thousand appearances.

wǒ tè bié bù fú zhè jiàn shì

我特别不服这件事

I am particularly dissatisfied with this

suǒ yǐ wǒ xiǎng yào zào zì

所以我想要造字

So i want to make words

wǒ men de hàn zì duō shù liàng dà

我们的汉字多、数量大

We have a lot of Chinese characters and a large number

zuò qǐ lái bù hǎo zuò

做起来不好做

Hard to do

nián de shí hòu

2016年的时候

In 2016

zì jǐ kāi shǐ yī gè rén zì tǐ chuàng yè

自己开始一个人字体创业

Start your own font business

bǎ suǒ yǒu de gōng zuò hé shì qíng dōu gěi cí le

把所有的工作和事情都给辞了

Quit all work and things

fù mǔ bù shì tài néng gòu lǐ jiě

父母不是太能够理解

Parents are not too understandable

yīn wèi tā men wán quán yě bù tài dǒng zuò zì tǐ shè jì zhè jiàn shì

因为他们完全也不太懂做字体设计这件事

Because they don’t know much about font design

dāng shí zài jiā de shí hòu kàn zhù wǒ měi tiān duì zhù bái dǐ hēi zì

当时在家的时候看著我每天对著白底黑字

When I was at home, I watched me face the black letters on a white background every day

shén zhì hái jué dé wǒ kě néng shì bù shì nǎo zi yǒu diǎn bù tài zhèng cháng

甚至还觉得，我可能是不是脑子有点不太正常

I even feel that my mind is a little abnormal

tā men zhēn de hái huì yǒu zhè yàng de dān xīn

他们真的还会有这样的担心

They really still have such worries

wǒ men yǒu hěn dà yī bù fēn de jiē biān de zhāo pái

我们有很大一部分的街边的招牌

We have a large part of the street signs

tā men de tóng zhì huà tài yán zhòng le

它们的同质化太严重了

Their homogeneity is too serious

dà bù fēn dōu shì hēi tǐ sòng tǐ kǎi tǐ fǎng sòng zhè me jǐ zhǒng

大部分都是黑体、宋体、楷体、仿宋，这么几种

Most of them are HeiTi, Song Ti, Kai Ti, and Song Style

wǒ de zhè gè suǒ wèi jiào zhāo pái tǐ

我的这个所谓叫招牌体

My so-called sign body

tā shì yī zhǒng shū fǎ fēng gé de zì

它是一种书法风格的字

It is a calligraphy style word

cān zhào zhù míng jiā jìng nián jiān de yī tào dà zì wǔ jīng shàn běn

参照著明嘉靖年间的一套大字五经善本

Refer to a set of rare books of the Five Classics in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty

gǔ jí zì fēng gé kāi fā ér chéng de jiǎn tǐ hàn zì zì kù

古籍字风格开发而成的简体汉字字库

Simplified Chinese character library developed in the style of ancient books

xī wàng néng gòu mǎn zú lèi shì yú zhōng shì fēng wèi de zhāo pái shè jì

希望能够满足类似于中式风味的招牌设计

Hope to meet the signature design similar to Chinese style

lè dūn tǐ de huà tā shì yī zhǒng lǎo shí shàng

乐敦体的话，它是一种老时尚

In the case of Rodonti, it is an old fashion

tā shì cān zhào lǎo měi shù zì zài zuò de

它是参照老美术字在做的

It is made with reference to the old artistic characters

yī tào wán zhěng de zì kù zhì shǎo yào zuò qī qiān duō zì

一套完整的字库至少要做七千多字

A complete set of fonts must be at least more than 7,000 characters

nà shí wǒ yī tiān dà gài gè xiǎo shí dōu zài zuò zì

那时我一天大概14个小时都在做字

I was doing calligraphy for about 14 hours a day

gāng kāi shǐ yī tiān kě yǐ shè jì gè zì

刚开始一天可以设计20个字

You can design 20 words a day at the beginning

suí zhù zì jǐ de zuò de gèng shú liàn

随著自己的做的更熟练

Become more proficient

néng gòu dá dào měi tiān gè zì de xiào lǜ

能够达到每天5、60个字的效率

Able to achieve an efficiency of 5 or 60 words per day

bù shǒu bǐ huà hěn duō shì xiāng tóng de

部首、笔划很多是相同的

Many radicals and strokes are the same

zài chù lǐ qǐ lái yě néng yǒu gèng gāo xiào de fāng shì

在处理起来也能有更高效的方式

There can be a more efficient way of processing

wǒ yī bān shì huì xiān huì zhì sān bǎi lái gè zì de cǎo gǎo

我一般是会先绘制三百来个字的草稿

I usually draw a draft of 300 words first

zài zhǐ shàng zhǎo dào yī xiē jī běn de jī chǔ de cháng yòng de piān páng hé bù shǒu

在纸上找到一些基本的、基础的常用的偏旁和部首

Find some basic, basic and common radicals and radicals on paper

xiān ná qiān bǐ dǎ yī dìng de cǎo gǎo

先拿铅笔打一定的草稿

Take a pencil to make a certain draft

rán hòu zài yóu gāng bǐ lái xiū zhè gè cǎo gǎo de xíng

然后再由钢笔来修这个草稿的形

Then use a pen to fix the shape of the draft

zài tián shàng hēi sè de mò

再填上黑色的墨

Fill in black ink

dà gài huà dào sān sì bǎi zì de shí hòu jiù kě yǐ bǎ tā sǎo miáo

大概画到三四百字的时候就可以把它扫描

You can scan it when you draw three or four hundred characters

jìn dào diàn nǎo lǐ qù zǔ hé chéng wèi yī gè wán zhěng de zì

进到电脑里去组合，成为一个完整的字

Go into the computer to combine and become a complete word

jīng cháng huì zuò le jǐ bǎi gè zì

经常会做了几百个字

Often make hundreds of words

jiù huì xiǎng hòu miàn hái yǒu hǎo jǐ qiān gè zì zài děng zhù wǒ

就会想后面还有好几千个字在等著我

I think there are thousands of words waiting for me

nèi xīn yǒu de shí hòu hái shì huì jiū jié hé yǒu diǎn fā chù de

内心有的时候还是会纠结和有点发怵的

Sometimes my heart is still tangled and a little confused

jiù jué dé yáo yáo wú qī hǎo xiàng yǒng yuǎn zuò bù wán

就觉得遥遥无期，好像永远做不完

I feel like it’s too far away, as if it’s never finished

zài zhè zhī yú shì zhù néng gòu ràng zì wán yī xiē xīn de huā yàng

在这之余，试著能够让字玩一些新的花样

In addition to this, try to make the characters play some new tricks

jiù tiāo chū jǐ gè zì lái kě yǐ bǎ tā men zǔ chéng yī zǔ dòng huà

就挑出几个字来，可以把它们组成一组动画

Just pick out a few words and put them into a set of animation

bí xià miàn liǎng gè shù

“鼻”下面两个竖

Two vertical lines below the "nose"

wǒ jué dé hěn xiàng bí tì

我觉得很像鼻涕

I feel like a nose

wǒ men de sǎn shì kě yǐ kāi hé dǎ kāi de

我们的伞是可以开合打开的

Our umbrella can be opened and closed

gěi rén kàn dào de wǒ men de xiàng xíng wén zì shì rú cǐ de jīng miào

给人看到的我们的象形文字是如此的精妙

Our hieroglyphs are so subtle

nián de yuè hào

2018年的1月6号

January 6, 2018

kāi le yī chǎng zì jǐ de hàn zì zì tǐ fā bù huì

开了一场自己的汉字字体发布会

Held a press conference for his own Chinese fonts

bǎ zì jǐ de liǎng tào zì kù tuī guǎng chū lái gěi dà jiā shǐ yòng

把自己的两套字库推广出来给大家使用

Promote my two sets of fonts for everyone to use

bù duàn de yǒu péng yǒu gòu mǎi wǒ men zì tǐ bìng qiě shǐ yòng

不断的有朋友购买我们字体并且使用

Friends continue to buy our fonts and use them

bìng qiě gěi wǒ dào bù cuò de fǎn kuì

并且给我到不错的反馈

And gave me good feedback

wǒ yī zhí xìn fèng yī jù huà

我一直信奉一句话

I have always believed in one sentence

jiù shì chuàng yì chuàng xīn fēi wú yuán zhī shuǐ wú běn zhī mù

就是创意创新，非无源之水，无本之木

It is creativity and innovation, not water without a source, wood without a root

zài chuán chéng de jī chǔ shàng zài chuàng xīn

在传承的基础上再创新

Innovate on the basis of inheritance

suǒ yǐ wǒ zì jǐ píng shí jīng cháng huì qù yī xiē jiù shū tān

所以我自己平时经常会去一些旧书摊

So I usually go to some old book stands

zhǎo yī xiē lǎo de měi shù zì gǔ jí wén zì de shū

找一些老的美术字，古籍文字的书

Find some old art characters, books with ancient texts

wǒ rèn wèi zì jǐ zuò zhè jiàn shì qíng

我认为自己做这件事情

I think I do this by myself

néng gēn wǒ men de mín zú chuán chéng de xiāng guān de dōng xī

能跟我们的民族传承的相关的东西

Something related to our national heritage

yǒu yī gè qì hé hé jié hé wǒ jué dé tè bié róng yào

有一个契合和结合，我觉得特别荣耀

There is a fit and union, I feel particularly honored

nǎ pà zhǐ chū yī diǎn diǎn de lì wǒ dōu jué dé tè bié de zì háo

哪怕只出一点点的力我都觉得特别的自豪

I feel very proud even with a little effort