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                                                                             Ben Sir, is also working on preserv-
                                                                             ing Cantonese culture via his social
                                                                             media page and media exposure,” he
                                                                             says.
                                                                                   Kwok believes that the growing
                                                                             interest in Cantonese font designs
                                                                             can help promote Cantonese culture
                                                                             in Hong Kong.
                                                                                  “Traditional Chinese characters
                                                                             are commonly used by publications
                                                                             in regions like Hong Kong and Tai-
                                                                             wan. People love traditional Chinese
                                                                             font designs especially when Canton-
                                                                             ese are included,” he says.
                                                                                      Edited by Mandy Yim
                                                                                Sub-edited by Coco Zhang
     Kwok Bit-chee, associate professor of the Department of Chinese                        and Charlie Yip
     Language and Literature and Director of the Research Centre of Can-
     tonese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, believes Cantonese
     font designs can help promote Traditional Chinese culture. (Photo
                courtesy of Information Services Office, CUHK)

     because of the social environment in   characters in the academic circle in
     recent years,” he says.             recent years as well.
          The scholar finds that there is        “Many research projects by post-
     a stronger interest in researching   graduate students in our faculty are
     Cantonese and traditional Chinese   about Cantonese. Our ex-colleague,




































      Chan’s team is working on their font design which will be launched in early 2022. (Photo courtesy of Roy
                                                 Chan Ching-hin)
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