Round curves. Only one possible form.
Straight strokes. Also a single form — this is how Japan writes names from abroad.
Thousands of characters, each one with its own meaning. Many of them are read «Alejandro»: none of them is the correct one.
That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.
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Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the clarity of someone who hides nothing, treating other people with courtesy and respect, opening your sail to the wind like someone setting off on a voyage, following a path that is your own, and keeping the bright spirits of someone who laughs out loud.
Your name carries the meaning of rising with the first light of dawn, ringing clear as a jewel, staying close beside your own people, opening the way for them when they need it, and keeping the harmony of a well-tuned sound.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the freshness of an open sky, treating other people with courtesy and respect, being the example others take for themselves, keeping up the steady effort of every day, and covering your road step by step.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping the transparent shine of quartz, cultivating a talent for the arts, watching what you take on grow and fill out, following a path that is your own, and keeping the bright spirits of someone who laughs out loud.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you a deep blue, holding to a purpose that is clean with nothing murky in it, opening your sail to the wind, guiding the ones who come behind, and keeping the firm bearing of someone who stands on his own.
Your name carries the meaning of meeting good people along your road, treating them with courtesy and respect, staying close beside them, keeping your feet on the ground that holds you up, and keeping the harmony of a well-tuned sound.
Your name carries the meaning of giving others the calm of being safe, shining like crystal, being the example others take for themselves, never staying still, and keeping the bright spirits of someone who laughs out loud.
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☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Alejandros, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.
If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.
Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.
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