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This is a list of notable CJK fonts (computer fonts with a large range of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters). These fonts are primarily sorted by their typeface, the main classes being "with serif", "without serif" and "script". This article name the two first classes Ming and sans-serif (gothic) while further divide the "script" into several Chinese script styles.
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The fonts are then sorted by their target writing system:[Note 1]
- Chinese: Chinese character. (May also support bopomofo.)
This can be subdivided into the following classification:- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese (General, using printing standard or jiu zixing, Chinese: 舊字形)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, using education standard: Standard Form of National Characters, Chinese: 國字標準字體)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, using education standard: List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters, Chinese: 常用字字形表)
- The following localization table shortens Simplified Chinese to SC and Traditional Chinese to TC.
- Japanese: kanji, hiragana and katakana
- Korean: Hangul, hanja, etc.
- Vietnamese: for the Nom script formerly used
- Zhuang: for Sawndip
- Pan-Unicode: intended to globally support the majority of Unicode's characters, and not specifically designed for one or a few writing systems (note that Pan-Unicode font ≠ Unicode font[Note 2])
- Pan-CJK: intended to support the majority of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, and not specifically designed for any one of these writing systems
Legends
edit[F] means the font is free and open-source software (FOSS).
[F] means it was formerly seen as FOSS but has been involved in a legal controversy.
Ming (Song)
editPan-Unicode/Pan-CJK
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Bitstream Cyberbit | Pan-Unicode | |||||
Hanazono Mincho[1] | 花園明朝 | Pan-CJK | [F] Hanazono Font License or SIL Open Font License | ttf | HanaMinA (Japanese 花園明朝A) for BMP and HanaMinB (Japanese 花園明朝B) for SIP – covers all CJK, CJK Compatibility, CJK-Ext.A, CJK-Ext.B, CJK-Ext.C, CJK-Ext.D, CJK-Ext.E, and CJK-Ext.F. This font has issues in LaTeX if rotated with \setCJKmainfont[Vertical=RotatedGlyphs]{HANAMINA.TTF , as required for traditional writing: some characters aren't displayed after rotating, while they work without rotation.
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Sazanami-Hanazono Mincho[2] | Pan-CJK | [F] | ttf | Full CJK and Latin-1 truetype font resulting from merge of Sazanami Mincho and Hanazono fonts. | ||
Pan-CJK | Adobe and Google | [F] SIL Open Font License | SIL Open Font License v.1.1 in April 2017.[3] | |||
TH-Tshyn | 天珩全字库 | Pan-Unicode | 天珩 | TH-Tshyn-P0, TH-Tshyn-P1, TH-Tshyn-P2 and TH-Tshyn-P16. Version 4.1.0 offers complete coverage of all Unicode CJK characters up to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I introduced in 2023 with Unicode version 15.1.[4] | ||
Jigmo | 字雲 | Pan-CJK | [F] CC0 1.0 Universal | Jigmo, Jigmo2, and Jigmo3. Version 20230816 offers complete coverage of all Unicode CJK characters up to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I introduced in 2023 with Unicode version 15.1.[5] |
Chinese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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BabelStone Han[6] | SC | [F] 1999 Arphic Public License | Based on Arphic PL Fonts, extended partly to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I. | |||
DLCMingMedium
DLCMingBold |
華康中明體,華康粗明體 | TC | Microsoft Windows | Font family from which Windows 3.0's default Traditional Chinese font 'Ming Light' is derived. | ||
MingLiU | 細明體 | TC (Taiwan) | Microsoft Windows | mingliu.ttc
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Default interface typeface for Windows 3.0 to Windows XP, derived from DynaLab's DLCMing typeface. Originally distributed as a raster typeface in the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.0, then it was available in TrueType format as 'MingLi43' in the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.1. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. Starting from version 2.00, it was internally sorted in Unicode sequence with Big-5 codepage, and carried the English name 'MingLiU'. In version 2.10, the typeface file also contained PMingLiU (新細明體), which is a proportional font. MingLiU (mingliu.ttc ) was distributed with the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 95 to Windows 98, all regional versions of Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, Traditional Chinese version of Windows 10, PMingLiU Update Pack (新細明體更新套件), Traditional Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Traditional Chinese), Office XP Tool: Traditional Chinese Language Pack, Traditional Chinese supplemental fonts for Windows 10.
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PMingLiU | 新細明體 | TC (Taiwan) | Microsoft Windows 95+ | Distributed with Traditional Chinese version of Windows 95, all regional versions of Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, and the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 10. The Latin characters in this font is proportional. | ||
MingLiU_HKSCS,
MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB |
細明體_HKSCS,
細明體_HKSCS-ExtB |
TC (Hong Kong) | Windows Vista | mingliub.ttc
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MingLiU-ExtB (mingliub.ttc ,細明體-ExtB), PMingLiU-ExtB (新細明體-ExtB) – distributed with PMingLiU Update Pack (新細明體更新套件), Windows Vista.
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LiSong Pro Light | 儷宋 Pro | TC (Hong Kong) | Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.3–10.4. | |||
Apple LiSung Light | 蘋果儷細宋 | TC (Hong Kong) | Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.2–10.4. | |||
I.Ming | I.明體 | TC (General) | [F] IPA font licence | ttf | Derived from IPAex Minchō font, availably at Keshilu blog (刻石錄) and GitHub.[7][8] | |
MS Song | MS宋体 | SC | Microsoft | Distributed with Simplified Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Simplified Chinese), Office XP
Tool: Simplified Chinese Language Pack. | ||
SimSun | 中易宋体,宋体 | SC | Microsoft | simsun.ttc
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Default interface typeface for Windows 3.1x to Windows XP, distributed with the Simplified Chinese versions of Windows 3.1x and later, all regions of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. The difference between this font and NSimSun (below) is that NSimSun is labelled monospaced in the post and OS/2 table while SimSun did not.[9]
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NSimSun | 新宋体 | SC | Microsoft | Distributed with the Simplified Chinese versions of Windows 95 and later. Distributed with all regions of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. | ||
SimSun-18030,
NSimSun-18030 |
宋体-18030,
新宋体-18030 |
SC | Microsoft | Distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP, or as GB 18030 Support Package to Windows 2000 or higher. | ||
Simsun (Founder Extended) | 宋体-方正超大字符集 | SC | Microsoft | Distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office XP, Simplified Chinese version of Windows, or Microsoft Office Proofing Tools (XP and 2003). | ||
SimSun-ExtB or Sun-ExtB | 宋体-ExtB | SC | Microsoft | simsunb.ttf
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Distributed with Windows Vista. | |
Song | SC | OS X 10.2–10.4. | ||||
STSong | 华文宋体 | SC | SinoType Technology (常州华文印刷新技术) | Distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP, OS X 10.2–10.4. The Jiangsu-based foundry, Changzhou SinoType Technology (常州华文印刷新技术), made a series of 30,000+-character fonts for Microsoft and Macintosh between 1998 and 2004 that all begin with "ST" (华文). | ||
STZhongsong | 华文中宋 | SC | Microsoft | Distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP. A medium-boldness version of STSong made in 1991 and updated in 1998. | ||
TW-Sung,
TW-Sung-Ext-B, TW-Sung-Plus |
全字庫正宋體 | TC (Taiwan) | Ministry of Education of Taiwan (教育部)[10] | [F] Open Government Data License v1.0,[11] equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license[12] | 100,000+ traditional and simplified characters (including Japanese shinjitai characters) in Taiwanese style, covering CNS 11643 (TW-Sung covers the characters mapped to the Basic Multilingual Plane, TW-Sung-Ext-B covers the characters mapped to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, TW-Sung-Plus covers Private Use Area mapped CNS characters。 | |
WenQuanYi Bitmap Song | 文泉驿点阵宋体 | SC | [F] GNU GPL | Raster typeface. | ||
KingHwa OldSong | 京華老宋体 | 特里王 | Covers CJK Unified Ideographs, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A; partially covers CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, and covers all encoded simplified Chinese characters. Also covers all commonly used characters in UBPSHNVN's Nôm standard. |
Japanese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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IPAex Minchō | IPAex明朝 | [F] IPA font licence | Part of IPA font series developed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. Released from here.[13] | ||
IPAmj Minchō | [F] IPA font licence | Part of IPA font series developed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. Released from here.[14] | |||
MS Mincho | MS 明朝 | Microsoft | Distributed with the Japanese version of Windows 3.1 or later, some versions of Internet Explorer 3 Japanese Font Pack, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office v.X to 2004. | ||
MS PMincho | MS P明朝 | Microsoft | Distributed in the Japanese version of Windows 95 or later, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2004. | ||
Kochi Mincho | 東風明朝 | [F] public domain | Free typeface included with a number of Linux distributions. Originally based on the Watanabe (渡邊フォント) typeface, then reissued based on the Wadalab outlines for legal reasons. | ||
Hiragino Minchō Pro W3,
Hiragino Minchō Pro W6 |
ヒラギノ明朝Pro W3,
ヒラギノ明朝Pro W6 |
Mac OS X | Included in Mac OS X. It covers almost all of the Adobe Japan 1–5 glyph collection. | ||
Heisei Minchō | 平成明朝 | Adobe | Developed by the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) as a standard typeface for information devices in 1989. It has rather straight edges so that low-resolution printers can output characters with less aliasing. It is distributed by various typeface vendors licensed by the JSA. | ||
Ryūbundō Minchō or RyūMin | リュウミン | Morisawa foundry | |||
Kozuka Minchō | 小塚明朝 | Adobe | Designed by Kozuka Masahiko (also the creator of the sans-serif typeface Shin Gothic or Shingo). | ||
Sazanami Mincho[15] | さざなみ明朝 | [F] | The last version dates from 2004. |
Korean
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Batang | 바탕 | Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. | |||
BatangChe | 바탕체 | Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font. | |||
Gungsuh | 궁서 | Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. | |||
GungsuhChe | 궁서체 | Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font. | |||
AppleMyungjo | 애플명조 | Default Korean font on Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, and iOS. Fully supports Unicode from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. | |||
UnBatang, UnGungsuh | 은바탕, 은궁서 | [F] | Included in most Linux distributions. Initially made by Un Koanghui (은광희) as a set of type 1 typefaces to use with Korean LaTeX. Later they were converted to opentype typefaces by Park Won-gyu (박원규). UnBatang also has a version with opentype GSUB/GPOS tables to support archaic Hangul with Hangul Conjoining Jamos. | ||
Baekmuk Batang | 백묵 바탕 | Kim Jeong-hwan (김정환) | [F] | Distributed on most Linux distributions. License: open content. | |
Seoul Hangang | 서울한강체 | Distributed by Seoul Metropolitan Government as its official Ming typeface. Special font for vertical writing included. | |||
Nanum Myeongjo | 나눔명조 | Naver | [F] Open Font License | One of Nanum-series fonts, distributed by Naver. | |
Hamchorom Batang | 함초롬바탕 | Hancom | [F] | Developed by Hancom, supporting Unicode from 1.0 to 5.0 and Hangul Jamo Extended A/B.[16] | |
Jieubsida Batang | 지읍시다바탕 | [F] | Korean-language, Ming style offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT. License: GPL.[17] |
Vietnamese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Nôm Na Tống 5.040 | 喃哪宋 5.040 | Created by the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation. It is based on characters found in Thiền Tông Bản Hạnh (The Origin of Buddhist Meditation, 1933) by Thích Thanh Từ.[18] | |||
Han Nom Font Set | [F] GPL | Covers Radicals Supplements, CJK, CJK Ext. A, CJK Ext. B; | |||
Han-Nom Minh 1.43 | 漢喃明 1.43 | UBPSHNVN | Contains 34,736 characters with 34,737 glyphs. | ||
Han-Nom Ming 1.10 | 漢喃明 1.10 | UBPSHNVN | Contains 34,079 characters with 34,082 glyphs. | ||
Minh Nguyen 1.10 | 明源 1.10 | UBPSHNVN |
Zhuang
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Sawndip | [F] 1999 Arphic Public License | Based upon AR PL UMing on which 20k CJK characters were added. It also has over 8 thousand CJK characters used to write Sawndip not in Unicode in PUA plane 16. |
Sans-serif
editPan-Unicode/Pan-CJK
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Arial Unicode MS | Pan-Unicode | Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2004. | – | |||
Droid Sans Fallback | Pan-Unicode (SC style) | Ascender Corporation for Google's Android | [F] Apache License 2 | Was the default system font for Android below version 4.4.2. Replaced by Source Han Sans. | ||
Source Han Sans / Noto Sans CJK | 思源黑体 | Pan-CJK | Adobe, Google, Changzhou SinoType Technology, Iwata Corporation, Sandoll Communication. | [F] SIL Open Font License | License: Apache License 2 on July 15, 2014.[19][20] Since September 29, 2015, all Noto fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License rather than the Apache licence.[21] | |
MiSans | Pan-CJK | Xiaomi | Compliant with GB18030 Implementation level 3. |
Chinese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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WenQuanYi Zen Hei | 文泉驿正黑 | SC | [F] GPL v2.0 font exception | Over 36,000 glyphs in total, among which 20,300 are Chinese characters. | ||
WenQuanYi Micro Hei | 文泉驿微米黑 | SC | [F] GPL v3 or Apache License v2 | Based on Droid Sans Fallback. | ||
PingFang SC,
PingFang TC, PingFang HK |
苹方-简, | SC, TC (Taiwan), TC (Hong Kong) | OS X 10.11 El Capitan | System font for Apple MacOS system. | ||
Heiti SC,
Heiti TC |
黑体-简, | SC, TC (Taiwan) | OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard | Was system font for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. | ||
Hiragino Sans GB | 冬青黑体简体中文/ヒラギノ角ゴ 簡体中文 | SC | OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard | |||
STHeiti | 华文黑体 | SC | OS X 10.2 Jaguar & later. By Changzhou SinoType Technology (2002). | Was system font for OS X 10.2 Jaguar to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. | ||
STHeiti Light/[STXihei] | 华文细黑 | SC | OS X 10.2 Jaguar and later, Microsoft Office 2000 and XP. | A thinner version of STHeiti Regular. | ||
LiHei Pro Medium | 儷黑 Pro | TC (Taiwan) | Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and later | |||
Apple LiGothic Medium | 蘋果儷中黑 | TC (Taiwan) | Mac OS 9 and OS X 10.2 Jaguar and later | |||
Microsoft JhengHei | 微軟正黑體 | TC (Taiwan) | China Type Design Limited | msjh.ttc , msjhbd.ttc , msjhl.ttc
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Default Windows system font since Windows Vista. | |
Microsoft YaHei | 微软雅黑 | SC | Founder Type | msyh.ttc , msyhbd.ttc , msyhl.ttc
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Default Windows system font since Windows Vista. | |
MS Hei | MS黑体 | SC | Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Simplified Chinese), Office XP Tool: Simplified Chinese Language Pack. | |||
MHei | 蒙纳黑體 | TC (Hong Kong) | Owned by Monotype | |||
SimHei | 中易黑体 or 黑体 | SC | Windows 2000, all regions of Windows XP | simhei.ttf
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DengXian | 等线 | SC | Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office 2016 and Windows 10. |
Japanese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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IPA Gothic | Designed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan | [F] IPA font licence | Part of the IPA font series.[13] | ||
Meiryo | メイリオ | Default Windows system font since Windows Vista. | |||
Mona Font | Linux distributions | [F] Public domain | |||
M+ OUTLINE FONTS | [F] Free license | ||||
VL Gothic | VLゴシック | Derived from M+ FONTS and Sazanami Gothic font. Distributed on Vine Linux. | [F]? |
License: same as parent fonts. | |
Sazanami Gothic[22] | さざなみゴシック | Distributed on Linux. | License: formerly considered free and included with a number of Linux distributions.[23] | ||
MS Gothic | MS ゴシック | Distributed on Microsoft Windows 3.1 and later. | |||
MS PGothic | MS Pゴシック | Distributed on Microsoft Windows 95 and later. | |||
MS UI Gothic | Distributed on Microsoft Windows 98 and later. | ||||
Yu Gothic | 游ゴシック | Distributed by Microsoft Windows 8.1. | |||
Yu Gothic UI | Distributed by Microsoft Windows 8.1. | ||||
Osaka | Distributed on Classic Mac OS. | ||||
Hiragino Kaku Gothic | ヒラギノ角ゴ | Distributed on Mac OS X. | |||
Hiragino Maru Gothic | ヒラギノ丸ゴ | Distributed on Mac OS X. | |||
Kozuka Gothic | 小塚ゴシック | Typeface family provided by new versions of Adobe Illustrator. | |||
GothicBBB-Medium | Adobe | ||||
Kochi Gothic | 東風ゴシック | Distributed on Linux, formerly. | Originally named Watanabe font (渡邊フォント).
Formerly considered free that is included with a number of Linux distributions. The development of the font stopped when it was discovered that Watanabe font – which Kochi Gothic based on – was copied from the TypeBank Mincho-M font, developed by TypeBank and Design Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.[24][25][26] |
Korean
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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AppleGothic | 애플고딕 | Apple Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and iOS 1 to 5.0 | Fully supports Unicode from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | ||
Dotum | 돋움 | Microsoft Windows, all regions of Windows XP to Windows 8.1, and the Korean version of Windows 10. | |||
DotumChe | 돋움체 | Microsoft Windows, all regions of Windows XP to Windows 8.1, and the Korean version of Windows 10. | Monospace font. | ||
Gulim | 굴림 | Microsoft Windows, all regions of Windows XP to Windows 8.1, and the Korean version of Windows 10. | |||
GulimChe | 굴림체 | Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, Korean version of Windows 10, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack, Korean supplemental fonts for Windows 10. | Monospace font. | ||
Malgun Gothic | 맑은 고딕 | Windows Vista | |||
New Gulim | 새굴림 | Old Korean support tools for Microsoft Word 2000, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack, Microsoft Office 2003 | |||
Gulim Old Hangul Jamo | Old Korean support tools for Microsoft Word 2000, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack, Microsoft Office 2003 | ||||
Apple SD Gothic Neo | 애플 SD 산돌고딕 Neo | Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 5.1. | |||
UnDotum | 은돋움 | [F] GPL | Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts with the same name. | ||
UnShinmun | 은신문 | [F] GPL | Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts with the same name. | ||
Baekmuk Gulim | 백묵굴림 | Linux distributions. | [F] | ||
Seoul Namsan | 서울남산체 | Seoul Metropolitan Government. | |||
Nanum Gothic | 나눔고딕 | Distributed by Naver. | [F] Open Font License | Nanum-series fonts. | |
Hamchorom Dotum | 함초롬돋움 | Designed by Hancom. | [F] | Supporting Unicode from 1.0 to 5.0 and Hangul Jamo Extended A/B.[16] | |
Jieubsida Dodum | 지읍시다돋움 | Offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT. | [F] GPL | [17] |
Vietnamese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Han-Nom Gothic 1.40 | UBPSHNVN | 35,733 characters with 36,306 glyphs | |||
Gothic Nguyen 1.21 | UBPSHNVN |
Regular script
editChinese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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KaiU, DFKai-SB | 標楷體 | TC (Taiwan) | DynaComware (distributed within Windows 95 & higher, OS X up to Yosemite) | kaiu.ttf | ||
SimKai, KaiTi | 中易楷体 楷体_GB2312 | SC | simkai.ttf | Distributed on Windows Chinese versions. | ||
STKaiti | 华文楷体 | SC | Changzhou SinoType (2002) | Distributed on Windows Chinese versions. | ||
Kai | SC | Shanghai Ikarus (1993–95) | Distributed by MacOS, Simplified Chinese versions. | |||
BiauKai | TC (Taiwan) | Distributed by MacOS, Traditional Chinese versions. | ||||
FZNewKai
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方正新楷体 | SC, TC (SC style) | Founder of Beijing University 北大方正, 2012[27] | Initial set released in 2006. 28,928 glyphs in the basic BMP fonts plus another 54,328 in the SIP fonts for both traditional and simplified Chinese. | ||
I.Ngaan | I.顏體 | TC | Keshilu (刻石錄)[28] | Derived from a Yan styled typeface by Wang Hanzong (王漢宗).[28] As Wang Hanzong fonts are suspected to be copyright infringement, this derived font is considered copyright infringement too. | ||
TW-Kai,
TW-Kai-Ext-B, TW-Kai-Plus |
全字庫正楷體 | TC (Taiwan) | Ministry of Education of Taiwan (教育部)[10] | [F] Open Government Data License v1.0,[11] equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license[12] | 100,000+ traditional and simplified characters (including Japanese shinjitai characters) in Taiwanese style, covering CNS 11643 (TW-Kai covers the characters mapped to the Basic Multilingual Plane, TW-Kai-Ext-B covers the characters mapped to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, TW-Kai-Plus covers Private Use Area mapped CNS characters。 | |
Free HK Kai | 自由香港楷書 | TC (Hong Kong) | Free Hong Kong Font (自由香港字型) project | [F] CC-BY 4.0 International license[12] | Based on TW-Kai, following List of Glyphs of Commonly Used Characters (常用字字形表) by Education Bureau of Hong Kong SAR.[12] |
Vietnamese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Han-Nom Khai 1.20 | 漢喃楷 1.20 | UBPSHNVN | 28,147 characters with 28,145 glyphs |
Clerical script
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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SimLi | 中易隶书 or 隶书 | SC | Distributed with the Chinese version of Microsoft Office. | |||
UnYetgul | 은옛글 | Korean | [F] | One of Un-series fonts initially derived from the Korean LaTeX fonts. |
Imitation Song
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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FangSong | 中易仿宋, 仿宋 | SC | Microsoft | simfang.ttf | Distributed with the Chinese version of Microsoft Windows. | |
STFangsong | 华文仿宋 | SC | Changzhou SinoType, 2002 | Formerly distributed with Mac 10.4. |
Other fonts or projects
editPan-Unicode/Pan-CJK
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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GNU Unifont | Pan-Unicode | [F] | A GPLed bitmap font that covers the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane. | ||||
Code2000 | Pan-Unicode |
Chinese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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SimYou | 幼圆 | SC | Microsoft | Rounded | Distributed with Chinese version of Microsoft Office. | ||
WenQuanYi Unibit. | SC | WenQuanYi font project | Bitmap | [F] GPL | A bitmap monospaced font. | ||
Shuowen Jiezi True Type Font | 說文解字True Type字型 | Chinese | Most/all of the characters are small seal script. It is based on annotated Shuowen Jiezi and other sources. | ||||
I.PenCrane | I.鋼筆鶴體 | TC (General) | Keshilu (刻石錄)[29] | Script | Derived from a handwriting styled typeface by Wang Hanzong (王漢宗).[29] As Wang Hanzong fonts are suspected to be copyright infringement, this derived font is considered copyright infringement too. | ||
Open Huninn | Open 粉圓 | TC (General) | Justfont | Rounded | [F] SIL Open Font License | Derived from MOTOYA Kosugi Maru font. |
Japanese
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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Mojikyō | 文字鏡 | |||||
Y.OzFontN | Handwriting | |||||
Kanji Stroke Order Font | 漢字の筆順のフォント | Handwriting | [F] | |||
Choumei | Handwriting | [F] | Kanji Stroke Order Font with the stroke numbers omitted |
Korean
editEnglish name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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UnGungseo | 은궁서 | Calligraphy | [F] | Part of Un-series. | ||
Jieubsida Sun-Moon | 지읍시다선문 | "Felt marker style" | [F] GPL[17] | Offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT. |
Font series
editThis section lists fonts that are designed to be used together, or created by the same person/organization such that it forms a series of fonts.
English name | CJK name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Format | Comments |
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HanWang Series | 王漢宗字体系列 | TC | Wang Hanzong (王漢宗), NTU. | 42 fonts. Wang is involved in copyright infringement with Arphic Technology for the fonts in 2005. | |||
Arphic PL Fonts series:
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文鼎自由字型系列:
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TC (General), SC | Arphic foundry | Ming/Song, Regular script | [F] 1999 Arphic Public License | 4 fonts. The CJK Unifonts project was derived from Arphic PL Fonts. | |
CJK Unifonts series:
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CJK Unifonts 系列:
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SC | CJKUnifonts | Ming/Song, Regular script | [F] 1999 Arphic Public License | 2 fonts. AR PL UMing is formerly known as AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni, AR PL 上海宋. AR PL UKai is formerly known as AR PL ZenKai, AR PL 中楷. This is a project under CJK Unifonts, which is included with a number of Linux distributions.[Note 3]
Merger of typefaces in Arphic PL Fonts. | |
AR PL MingU20-L,
AR PL BaoSong2GBK |
文鼎 PL 明體,
文鼎 PL 報宋 |
TC (Taiwan), SC | Arphic foundry | Ming/Song | 2010 Arphic Public License (Restricted NC-ND) | 2 fonts. License: explicitly restrict distribution of the original or modified font to "only for non-profit purpose".[Note 4] | |
Fandol series:
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Fandol 系列:
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SC | From top to bottom:
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4 fonts, both Fandol Song and Fandol Hei has two weights (regular/bold). Originally for CTeX, there is debate on whether the font is FOSS as the author may have revoked the license.[30][31] | |||
cwTeX series:
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cwTeX 系列:
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TC | From top to bottom:
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5 fonts. Originally for LaTeX CJK. The Bold Sans-serif has been involved in copyright infringement with Arphic Technology, while the Ming font is found out to be similar to pre-existing font.[32][33] | |||
Nanum Series: | 나눔 손글씨 | Korea | Distributed by Naver. | [F] Open Font License | |||
Un-series | Korea | Series of Korean fonts derived from LaTeX fonts. |
Font Foundries
editThis section lists major font foundries that produce CJK fonts.
English name | CJK name | Localisation | Company | Comments |
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SinoType Series. | 华文 | Chinese | SinoType (Chinese: 华文; pinyin: Huá Wén; full name: 中国常州华文印刷新技术有限公司) | Series of the fonts by SinoType. Distributed with Microsoft Office. |
FangZheng Series. | 方正 | SC | Founder Group (方正; Fāng Zhèng) | Series of the fonts by Founder Type. Distributed with Microsoft Office. |
Hàn Yí | 汉仪 | SC | 北京汉仪科印信息技术有限公司 (Hanyi Fonts) | Series of the fonts by Hanyi. |
DynaLab | 華康 | Mostly TC (Taiwan) | DynaComware | Series of the fonts by Dynalab. |
Arphic | 文鼎科技 | Mostly TC (Taiwan) | Arphic Technology | Series of the fonts by Arphic Technology. |
Justfont | 就是字 | TC (Taiwan) | Justfont | Series of the fonts by Justfont, also a CJK webfont service provider. |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ A font targeted to a writing system usually still contains glyphs in the other writing systems.
- ^ If a Unicode font (font containing a wide range of Unicode's characters) is targeted to one or a few writing systems, it will not be listed as a "pan-Unicode font" (font intended to globally support a wide range of Unicode's characters)
- ^ Archived copies also available at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: ttf-arphic-uming_0.2.20080216.1.orig.tar.gz, ttf-arphic-ukai_0.2.20080216.1.orig.tar.gz
- ^ Archived copies also available at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: 文鼎科技發佈新的公眾授權字型
References
edit- ^ "Hanazono fonts".
- ^ "Sazanami-Hanazono Mincho Font - JavaDiKt project". Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
- ^ "Noto Serif CJK is here!". Google Developers Blog. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ More information on this and related font packages is available at the download page at http://cheonhyeong.com/Simplified/download.html.
- ^ More information on this and related font packages is available at the download page at https://kamichikoichi.github.io/jigmo/.
- ^ "BabelStone Fonts : BabelStone Han".
- ^ "造字:開源字型_i.明體 [刻石錄]".
- ^ ichitenfont/I.Ming: I.Ming ( I.明體 / 一點明朝體 / 一點明體 )
- ^ "宋体(Simsun)和新宋体(NSimsun)的区别_c#_学习是为了探索这个世界的本质-CSDN博客". blog.csdn.net. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Cns11643中文標準交換碼全字庫(簡稱全字庫)".
- ^ a b "政府資料開放授權條款-第1版".
- ^ a b c d "字型下載 – 自由香港字型".
- ^ a b "IPAexフォントおよびIPAフォントについて". Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "IPAmj明朝フォント". Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Author page Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), deprecated ttf-sazanami-mincho Debian package
- ^ a b "글로벌 소프트웨어의 리더, 한글과컴퓨터".
- ^ a b c "Download File List - Tsukurimashou Font Family and IDSgrep - OSDN".
- ^ (in Vietnamese) "Quy trình Nôm Na: Giúp đọc Nôm và Hán Việt và chữ Nôm trên mạng", Tạp chí Nghiên cứu và Thảo luận, 5 July 2005.
- ^ "Noto: A CJK Font That is Complete, Beautiful and Right for Your Language and Region".
- ^ "The Typekit Blog | Introducing Source Han Sans: An open source Pan-CJK typeface".
- ^ "Google Fonts".
- ^ Author page Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- ^ Deprecated ttf-sazanami-gothic Debian package
- ^ "About unauthorized copy of 32-dot bitmap font". Hiroki KANOU. June 27, 2003. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "CID/OpenType conversion kit for Kochi Mincho/Kochi Gothic". June 18, 2003. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ フォントの権利侵害について (in Japanese). Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd. 29 Sep 2003. Archived from the original on August 5, 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "方正新楷体字体包,方正新楷体字体打包下载_方正字库官网".
- ^ a b "造字:開源字型_i.顏體 [刻石錄]".
- ^ a b "造字:開源字型_i.鋼筆鶴體 [刻石錄]".
- ^ "【诈尸+吐槽】令人哭笑不得的「破产黑体」,暴露你乎某些「资深设计师」的真实水平". 知乎专栏 (in Chinese).
- ^ "《Fandol破产字体》已经破产的Fandol字体能免费商用吗?-猫啃网,免费商用中文字体下载!". www.maoken.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "來源可能是盜版的開源字型,授權沒問題嗎? · Issue #15 · l10n-tw/cwtex-q-fonts". GitHub. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "《台湾cwTeX字体系列》字体来源可能是盗版字体 不建议商业使用-猫啃网,免费商用中文字体下载!". www.maoken.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
Further reading
edit- Lunde, Ken (2009). CJKV Information Processing. O'Reilly. pp. 633–634. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
External links
edit- "Fonts and supported products". Microsoft.
- "Fonts supplied with Windows and Mac OS X, by script". r12a.github.io.
- East Asian Unicode fonts for Windows computers
- List of free Simplified Chinese fonts
- List of free Traditional Chinese fonts
- List of free Japanese fonts
- List of free Korean fonts
- Free Chinese Font
- Free Japanese Font
- Free Korean Fonts
- Arphic Public License: a free font, licensed by Arphic Technology
- (in Chinese) 免费中文字体
- (in Chinese) 適用於 GNU/Linux 的字型
- Japanese Fonts on OSDN
- CJKV Fonts on ArchWiki
- Maoken.com, Free Chinese Fonts list
- Luc Devroye's Type Design Information Pages: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Taiwan