GT Maru
Family overview
- GT Maru
- Light Oblique
- Regular Oblique
- Medium Oblique
- Bold Oblique
- Black Oblique
- Mono
- Light Oblique
- Regular Oblique
- Medium Oblique
- Bold Oblique
- Black Oblique
- Mega
- Mini
- Midi
- Maxi
- Emoji
- Color
- Black and White
Subfamilies
- LightThe Tokyu Toyoko Line opened in 1932
- Light ObliqueA street vendor named Tomekichi Endo is credited with its invention in 1935
- RegularThick sushi roll with colorful fillings
- Regular ObliqueHachikō, a dog who waited on his late master at Shibuya Station every day from 1923 to 1935
- MediumShibuya is famous for its scramble crossing, called Shibuya Crossing
- Medium ObliqueJapanese curry is commonly served in three main forms
- BoldThe cultivar was developed by an agricultural experiment station run by the Kanagawa Prefecture.
- Bold ObliqueWith omu and raisu being derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the English words omelette and rice
- BlackMazemen is a ramen dish that is not served in a soup, but rather with a sauce
- Black ObliqueTakoyaki or “octopus balls” is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special molded pan
- Settings
Typeface information
GT Maru is an ode to rounded English characters found on signage across Japan. The typeface is the result of this design exploration into roundness — or maru — in the Latin alphabet. It combines the warmth and flow of sign painting with the mechanical quality of engraved letters.
Typeface features
OpenType features enable smart typography. You can use these features in most Desktop applications, on the web, and in your mobile apps. Each typeface contains different features. Below are the most important features included in GT Maru’s fonts:
- SS01
- Single-Story a & g
Higashi
- SS02
- Alternate exclam
¡Capital!
- SS01
- Single-story g
Nagoya
- SS02
- Alternate l
Formerly
- SS03
- Alternate exclam
¡Edo!
- SS04
- Outline
Uehara
- SS05
- Outline Shaded
Shōken
- SS06
- Glow
Ujigawa
- SS07
- Outline Glow
Chiba
- SS08
- Outline Shaded Glow
Kadoma
Typeface Minisite


- Visit the GT Maru minisite to discover more about the typeface family’s history and design concept.
GT Maru in use

