AI Font Generation
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Dean of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Slams Chinese Typeface Designs for Widespread “Bushido Calligraphy” Trend, Decries Aesthetic Decline
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts President Qi Zhijie has ignited a cultural debate by condemning China’s viral “Samurai Typography”—aggressive, jagged fonts in commercial spaces—as emblematic of aesthetic degradation and cultural militarism. His critique, extending previous attacks on distorted modern typefaces, underscores tensions within the nation’s $120 billion creative industry between heritage preservation and commercial innovation. Amid AI font technologies and NFTs reshaping a ¥2 billion market, Qi’s team explores machine learning to measure typographic beauty via classical standards, challenging Shanghai’s neuromarketing growth. Analysts highlight millennial consumer shifts toward sophisticated scripts, raising existential questions about balancing tradition and digital modernity in art education and design’s cultural role.
