When it comes to the katakana typeface, you will find this more common in magazines and trade papers. As you would expect, this particular style also translates well to comic books and graphic novels where people tend to favor the more cartoonish style and katakana fonts are not used at all. Both types of style can be found throughout most of the major manga outlets in the United States and Canada and many other countries all over the world. The sanairo style is more along the lines of a script look while the katakana is more like a flowery script look. The sanairo typeface is a style that is very different from the katakana style which was developed to convey the feeling of “oriental” when used outdoors. In fact, I would say that it is safe to say that without these two styles, we wouldn’t have the wonderful selection of Japanese manga books, manga artists, and graphic novels that exist today. I find that these are the most widely used in the world of Japanese graphic novels and comics. The two styles of the Japanese manga fonts that I have most in common with are the sanairo typeface and the katakana typeface.
