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 «Samuel»: 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 passing through like a gust of wind, walking your own path on foot, being kind while still standing out, holding a hero's temper, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping a clear mind and a wide-awake edge, reading the sign that something good is coming, tying the knots until what you started bears fruit, seeing what is yours prosper, and moving through life with ease and grace.
Your name carries the meaning of passing through like a gust of wind, drawing people in without anyone knowing why, taking your time with the calm of what goes far, looking right wherever you are, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping a clear mind and a wide-awake edge, spreading further and further with no end in sight, starting from the origin of things with the freedom that gives you, smiling always, and carrying the bright blue of the sea.
Your name carries the meaning of passing through like a gust of wind, commanding the respect of a palace, receiving the protection that arrives without being asked for, sharing out what you have, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping a clear mind and a wide-awake edge, walking your own path on foot, holding the room of a free mind, shining with the clarity of crystal, and moving through life with ease and grace.
Your name carries the meaning of passing through like a gust of wind, running clear the way water does, being one of the ones that do not repeat, opening out like a wide river, and carrying the bright blue of the sea.
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☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Samuels, 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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