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11-22-2011, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by xcalibur201 View Post
I see. I'll check for a sousho/grass script font, since apparently that's what it is.

It's strange that they'd use something so obscure for a popular series.

I hope others gained value from this discussion too - I learned some interesting stuff along the way.
Glad we could help.

The "grass script" name is the incorrect way of describing sōsho. It is true that 草 in 草書 (sōsho) stands for "grass", but it also means "draft". Cursive script comes from clerical script and it was initially used for notes written down in a hurried and uncaring manner, hence the "draft script". It has nothign to do with grass, despite that the text in cursive hand may look like a grass on the wind, as many books erroneously explain.
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