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Ah, this is one of the very first fonts that I have made, way back 2011! I was still in college and knew nothing about making fonts.

Backstory: I wanted to make a font that had a childlike charm to use for my projects (I work with kids) -- and so with very little knowledge with font-making software, I created this. It’s messy, yes, but I tried to clean it up a little bit this year.

License: Free for personal use ONLY. You may contact me at hello (at) dennechan.com for commercial licensing requests.

Pro Versions: Pro (paid) complete version available upon request. You may contact me at hello (at) dennechan.com

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This is probably the most popular of all the fonts I have made. 

Backstory: In 2013, A friend requested that I make a “cleaner” version of Brain Flower, and so Moon Flower was born. Used in countless movies, TV shows, logos, products, websites, albums, this font has surely made its mark. 

License: Free for personal use ONLY. You may contact me at hello (at) dennechan.com for commercial licensing requests.

Pro Versions: Pro (paid) complete version available upon request. You may contact me at hello (at) dennechan.com

Download: daFont | Mirror

This is a font I made in 2012 -- one of the very first. 

Backstory: An acquaintance requested a messy yet legible, skinny handwritten font. A year later, another friend asked to make a “cleaner” daughter of this font (Moon Flower)

License: Free for personal use ONLY. You may contact me at hello (at) dennechan.com for commercial licensing requests.

Pro Versions: Pro (paid) complete version available upon request. You may contact me at hello (at) dennechan.com

Download: daFont | Mirror

I have just learned how to play the kalimba a couple of days ago, so I made this!

This is totally for beginners (or... intermediate maybe) -- I’m still trying to learn some more so I can add some more complexity to this.

Here’s a printable, compact hiragana and katakana cheat sheet that I made.

The chart for dakuon, combinations, and prolonged sounds are just examples, just use them along with the hiragana and katakana on the chart.

Hiragana is on the left of each square, katakana is on the right.

Download a higher quality copy of this chart below:

Most blank printable hiragana/katakana/kanji practice sheets I can find online have squares that are way too big for my actual handwriting, which kind of defeats the purpose, so I made my own tiny kana practice sheets!

Each square is just a little under 0.5 cm split into four smaller squares.

Print these on A4 paper. Comes in three colors.

Click the links below to download the .pdf files:

Tiny Kana Practice Sheet (black and white)

Tiny Kana Practice Sheet (pink)

Tiny Kana Practice Sheet (blue)

Self-studying Japanese? The guides below will help you with the topics you need to know!

Beginner Japanese Study Guide

Intermediate Japanese Study Guide

Advanced Japanese Study Guide

Resources:

Dennechan’s Tiny Kana Practice Sheets

The basic sentence structure for Japanese is very different from all the other languages I know, so here’s a little cheat sheet I made for quick reference!