In modern times, they are sometimes viewed as culturally insensitive or offensive. Styled to mimic the brush strokes used in Chinese characters, wonton fonts often convey a sense of Orientalism.
An early use of a wonton font ('Japanese Tea Gardens') in signage for the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893.Ī wonton font (also known as Chinese, chopstick, chop suey, or kung-fu) is a mimicry typeface with a visual style intended to express an Asian or Chinese aesthetic.
