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 «Peter»: 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 taking flight whenever you want, and doing it with a large and generous presence.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying a burning red with you, and the width of someone who narrows for nothing.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping something inside that you do not show to just anyone, and holding on only to what is worth it.
Your name carries the meaning of taking flight whenever you want, and having plenty of every kind to share.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying a burning red with you, and a large and generous presence.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping something inside that you do not show to just anyone, and the width of someone who narrows for nothing.
Your name carries the meaning of taking flight whenever you want, and holding on only to what is worth it.
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☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Peters, 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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