One Word A Week (一周一字)
Chinese font design / 2025
Recognize the capitalization of numbers in Chinese
(认识中文数字的大写)
This book takes you on a 15-week journey, exploring the traditional Chinese numeral forms of:
壹, 贰, 叁, 肆, 伍, 陆, 柒, 捌, 玖, 零, 拾, 佰, 仟, 万, 亿.
Each week, one character is deconstructed through three lenses—iconography, Roman numerals, and bilingual interpretation—revealing its structure and rhythm. Together, these perspectives form a visual experiment in typographic expression.
May this dialogue between image and language help you discover beauty beyond numbers and appreciate the structural elegance and cultural depth of Chinese characters.