The Beauty Care Research Institute of Kracie Home Products, Inc., a consumer goods manufacturer that utilizes UD fonts in its corporate activities, has adopted the MORISAWA BIZ+ comprehensive contract with the aim of improving the efficiency of its research work.
Morisawa Inc. held two online training sessions on UD fonts and how to create materials that communicate effectively to others, on December 23, 2021 and February 28, 2022, to help employees maximize the effectiveness of UD fonts and improve work efficiency.
Conducting a training session to create materials that are more easily understood by others
Issues regarding document creation
At Kracie Home Products Co., Ltd.'s Beauty Care Research Institute, each employee has the opportunity to give presentations to the company at forums and other events, and they often create documents, such as compiling data, in their daily work. However, document creation skills are largely dependent on the individual, and many employees seem to reuse previous documents. This has resulted in inconsistent document creation skills and some employees struggling with document creation.
Participants' comments after participating in the training session
The content of the training session on document creation was easy to understand as it had some similarities to my work.
The contents of the materials became easier to read, and I felt that it helped me create materials that would be easy to understand for others.
Training content
The training session included "tips for creating documents that communicate effectively" that could be immediately applied to work, and a "document creation workshop" where participants could practice and learn the techniques themselves.
All of the staff who participated responded that the training was very helpful.
Particularly useful points were the "priority of information" for organizing content and the "uniformity and weight of characters (thickness of characters)" explained from the unique perspective of a font manufacturer.
We have also received feedback from participants who have actually used the content of the training sessions.
staffI heard that it is good to write the conclusion in the upper left corner of the document that is read first, so I usually place the conclusion in the lower right corner at the end of the story, following the flow of the story.The next day, I immediately put into practice what I learned in the training session.I wrote it in the upper left.
Issues and results seen through the use of UD fonts
Staff who participated in the training sessionOver 90% of people feel some kind of challenge when reading materials.
The Beauty Care Research Institute of Kracie Home Products Co., Ltd., which uses UD fonts, seems to have experienced the benefits.
staffPreviously, documents created in Excel were sometimes difficult to read, but since switching to UD fonts, I feel that the numbers are easier to read when printed. Also, by switching to UD fonts on my computer monitor, I sometimes feel that internal emails are easier to read and I can grasp the main points of the emails.I was impressed by how much change there was just by changing the font.Although it was a bit of a hassle to change the font, I'm glad I did it.
By using UD fonts, we are beginning to see positive effects on the work of our employees.
For companies that have signed a comprehensive MORISAWA BIZ+ contract, such as Kracie Home Products Co., Ltd. Beauty Care Research Institute, we will not only provide fonts, but also propose startup support to help them use the fonts in a way that is more in line with their intended implementation.
Content as of 2022.05.20
A plan that allows you to use 55 UD fonts that can be used in business settings
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