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Jul 19, 2021 · Fundamentals

How 58.com Built the ‘Smile’ Chinese Font: A Step‑by‑Step Journey

This article chronicles the end‑to‑end process of designing and releasing the “Smile” Chinese typeface for 58.com, covering the challenges of creating a 3500‑character glyph library, the design philosophy, collaborative workflow, standardization tools, encoding, and the final launch.