Chinese Typeface Simulating Roman

[quadibloc]

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This is just a display face,

http://www.fonts.com/font/dynacomware/df-shi-yi-simplified-chinese/gb-w-7

not the serious attempt to develop a new paradigm for Chinese characters that I remember seeing somewhere from Adobe, but it's the first one I've encountered in this category after losing that one even so.

[oldnick]

I have no idea what it means, but I absolutely love it. The letterforms are delightfully playful: it makes me want to learn Mandarin…

[Jongseong]

"New" is relative. I think this sort of display style has been around for decades now. I can't speak for the Chinese characters, but a similar approach to the Korean alphabet looks quite dated (70s?).

[oldnick]

Second line, fifth character from the left: that is ONE HAPPY GUY, whatever the hell the ideogram means. IMHO...

Anyone know the Chinese, Japanees and Korean characters for "I love fonts"?

[jabez]

Chinese — 我爱字体

[ahyangyi]

By the one happy guy did you mean "算"? Well, it means "compute, calculate".
In Chinese(Traditional), "I love font" is "我愛字體".

[ahyangyi]

Oh, and in case you wonder what "Shi Yi" means: it's 饰(decoration) and 艺(art). Well, I don't know what they exactly mean when put together, but you get the idea...