List of CJK fonts
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable CJK fonts (computer font
s which contain 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". In East Asia, the two first classes are named Ming and Sans-serif while the "script" is further divided into several Chinese script styles.
The fonts are then sorted by their target writing system
:A font targeted to a writing system usually still contains glyph
s in the other writing systems.
[F] means this font is a free and open-source software (FOSS);[F] means it was formerly seen as FOSS but has been involved in a legal controversy.
Computer font
A computer font is an electronic data file containing a set of glyphs, characters, or symbols such as dingbats. Although the term font first referred to a set of metal type sorts in one style and size, since the 1990s it is generally used to refer to a scalable set of digital shapes that may be...
s which contain a large range of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters). These fonts are primarily sorted by their typeface
Typeface
In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
, the main classes being "with serif", "without serif" and "script". In East Asia, the two first classes are named Ming and Sans-serif while the "script" is further divided into several Chinese script styles.
The fonts are then sorted by their target writing system
Writing system
A writing system is a symbolic system used to represent elements or statements expressible in language.-General properties:Writing systems are distinguished from other possible symbolic communication systems in that the reader must usually understand something of the associated spoken language to...
:A font targeted to a writing system usually still contains glyph
Glyph
A glyph is an element of writing: an individual mark on a written medium that contributes to the meaning of what is written. A glyph is made up of one or more graphemes....
s in the other writing systems.
- Chinese: Chinese characterChinese characterChinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...
. - JapaneseJapanese writing systemThe modern Japanese writing system uses three main scripts:*Kanji, adopted Chinese characters*Kana, a pair of syllabaries , consisting of:...
: KanjiKanjiKanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
, HiraganaHiraganais a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
and KatakanaKatakanais a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
. - Korean: HangulHangulHangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
, HanjaHanjaHanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
, etc. - Vietnamese: for the abandoned Hán tự, Chữ Nôm, etc.
- Pan-Unicode: intended to globally support the majority of UnicodeUnicodeUnicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
's characters (not specifically for one or a few writing systems).An Unicode font, which contains a wide range of UnicodeUnicodeUnicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
's characters, may not be listed as a "pan-Unicode font", which is intended to globally support a wide range of Unicode's characters, if that Unicode font is targeted to one or a few writing systems.
[F] means this font is a free and open-source software (FOSS);
Chinese
- DLCMingMedium , DLCMingBold – distributed with Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.1.
- 'Ming Light' – default interface typeface for Windows 3.0 to Windows XP, derived from DynaLab's DLCMing typeface. Originally distributed as a raster typeface in Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.0, then it was available in TrueType format as 'MingLi43' in Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.1. Starting from version 2.00, it was internally sorted in UnicodeUnicodeUnicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
sequence with Big-5 codepage, and carried the English name 'MingLiU'. In version 2.10, the typeface file also contained PMingLiU . MingLiU was distributed with Traditional Chinese version of Windows 95Windows 95Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
to Windows 98Windows 98Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
, all regional versions of Windows 2000Windows 2000Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
or later, PMingLiU Update Pack , Traditional Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Traditional Chinese), Office XP Tool: Traditional Chinese Language Pack. - PMingLiU – distributed by MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
with Traditional Chinese version of Windows 98Windows 98Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
operating system, and all regional versions of Windows 2000Windows 2000Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
or later. - MingLiU-ExtB (-ExtB), PMingLiU-ExtB (-ExtB) – distributed with PMingLiU Update Pack , Windows Vista.
- MingLiU_HKSCS, MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB – distributed with Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
. - MS Song (MS) – distributed with Simplified Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Simplified Chinese), Office XP Tool: Simplified Chinese Language Pack.
- NSimSun – distributed with all regions of Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
, MS OfficeMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
2000. - SimSun ( or simply ) – default interface typeface for Windows 95 to Windows XP, distributed with Chinese versions of Windows 95Windows 95Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
to Windows 98Windows 98Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
, all regions of Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
, Microsoft Office 2000. - SimSun-18030 (-18030), NSimSun-18030 (-18030) – distributed with Simplified Chinese version of Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
, or as GB18030 Support Package to Windows 2000 or higher. - SimSun (Founder Extended) (–) – distributed with Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office XPMicrosoft Office XPMicrosoft Office XP is a productivity suite written and distributed by Microsoft for their Windows operating system. Released on March 5, 2001, it is the successor to Office 2000 and the predecessor to Office 2003, and was known as Office 10 in the early stages of its development cycle...
, Simplified Chinese version of Windows, or Microsoft Office Proofing Tools (XP and 2003). - SimSun-ExtA (ExtA, Sun-ExtA)
- SimSun-ExtB (ExtB. Sun-ExtB) – distributed with Windows Vista.
- LiSong Pro Light ( Pro) – distributed with Mac OS 9 or X 10.3-10.4.
- Apple LiSung Light – distributed with Mac OS 9 or X 10.2-10.4.
- Song – distributed with Mac OS X 10.2-10.4.
- STSong – distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP, Mac OS X 10.2-10.4. The JiangsuJiangsu' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
-based foundry, ChangzhouChangzhouChangzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the...
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 – distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP. A medium-boldness version of STSong made in 1991 and updated in 1998.
- [F] AR PL UMing (or AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni, AR PL 上海宋) – Arphic Public Licensed free font, one of CJKUnifonts project font, included with a number of Linux distributions. It is a merged version of 2 typefaces in Arphic PL Fonts released to free software by Arphic foundry.
- [F] WenQuanYiWenQuanYiWenQuanYi is an open-source project of Chinese computer fonts licensed under GNU General Public License.-General:WenQuanYi project was started by Qianqian Fang , a Chinese biomedical imaging researcher at the Massachusetts General Hospital, in October, 2004.Now the fonts of WenQuanYi project are...
Bitmap Song – a raster typeface under GNU GPL.
Japanese
- MS Mincho – distributed with 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 – distributed in Japanese version of Windows 95 or later, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2004.
- [F] Kochi MinchoKochi fontKochi font was a font development project to build free replacements of proprietary fonts such as MS Gothic or MS Mincho, developed by Yasuyuki Furukawa . The project consisted of Kochi Gothic and Kochi Mincho fonts. It was released in the public domain.- Plagiarism controversy :The Kochi Mincho...
– free typeface included with a number of Linux distributionLinux distributionA Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
s. Released in the public domainPublic domainWorks are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
. Originally based on the Watanabe typeface, then reissued based on the Wadalab outlines for legal reasons. - Hiragino Minchō Pro W3 (Pro W3), Hiragino Minchō Pro W6 (Pro W6) – included in Mac OS XMac OS XMac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. It covers almost all of the Adobe Japan 1-5 glyphGlyphA glyph is an element of writing: an individual mark on a written medium that contributes to the meaning of what is written. A glyph is made up of one or more graphemes....
collection. - Heisei Minchō – 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 aliasingAliasingIn signal processing and related disciplines, aliasing refers to an effect that causes different signals to become indistinguishable when sampled...
. It is distributed by various typeface vendors licensed by the JSA. - Ryūbundō Minchō (RyūMin) of the Morisawa foundry.
- Kozuka Minchō , designed by Kozuka Masahiko (also the creator of the sans-serif typeface Shin Gothic or Shingo).
- [F] HanaMin – covers all CJK, CJK Compatibility, CJK-Ext.A, CJK-Ext.B, CJK-Ext.C, and CJK-Ext.D. Dual licensed under its own Hanazono Font License or SIL Open Font LicenseSIL Open Font LicenseThe SIL Open Font License is a free and open source license designed for fonts by SIL International for use with some of their Unicode fonts. The license is considered free by the Free Software Foundation, which states that a simple hello world program is enough to satisfy the license's requirement...
. (website)
Korean
- Batang , BatangChe , Gungsuh , GungsuhChe – distributed by MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
with its WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating system. - [F] UnBatang , UnGungsuh – included in most Linux distributions. Initially made by Un Koanghui as a set of type 1 typefaces to use with Korean LaTeX. Later they were converted to opentype typefaces by Park Won-gyu . UnBatang also has a version with opentype GSUB/GPOS tables to support archaic Hangul with Hangul Conjoining Jamos.
- [F] Baekmuk Batang – included in most Linux distributions, made by Kim Jeong-hwan and released under a liberal license.
Vietnamese
- Nom Na Tong “Nôm Na Tống Light 喃那宋” – created by the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation. (website)
- HAN NOM A and HAN NOM B
Pan-Unicode
- Arial Unicode MSArial Unicode MSIn digital typography, the TrueType font Arial Unicode MS is an extended version of the font Arial. Compared to Arial, it includes higher line height, omits kerning pairs and adds enough glyphs to cover a large subset of Unicode 2.1—thus supporting most Microsoft code pages, but also requiring much...
– distributed with Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2004. - [F] Droid Sans FallbackDroid (font)Droid is a font family created by Ascender Corporation for use by the Open Handset Alliance platform Android and licensed under the Apache License. The fonts are intended for use on the small screens of mobile handsets and were designed by Steve Matteson of Ascender Corporation...
– created by Ascender CorporationAscender CorporationAscender Corporation is a digital typeface foundry and software development company located in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village, Illinois in the United States...
for use by Google's mobile operating system Android, licensed under Apache License 2.
Chinese
- Heiti SC & Heiti TC ( & ) – available in Mac OS X 10.6.
- Hiragino Sans GB – available in Mac OS X 10.6.
- STHeiti – available in Mac OS X 10.2 and later. Another font by Changzhou SinoType Technology made in 2002.
- STHeiti Light [STXihei] – available in Mac OS X 10.2 and later, Microsoft Office 2000 and XP. A thinner version of STHeiti Regular.
- LiHei Pro Medium ( Pro) – available in Mac OS X 10.3 and later.
- Apple LiGothic Medium – available in Mac OS 9 and OS X 10.2 and later.
- Microsoft JhengHeiMicrosoft JhengHeiMicrosoft JhengHei is a sans-serif typeface included in Windows Vista and later and Microsoft Office 2007. It follows the Standard Form of National Characters prescribed by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China and is intended to be used in Traditional Chinese language environments...
– distributed with Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
as default interface font. Designed by China Type Design Limited. - Microsoft YaHeiMicrosoft YaHeiMicrosoft YaHei is a sans-serif gothic typeface created by Founder Electronics and Monotype under commission from Microsoft. Hinting for the font was undertaken by Monotype Imaging....
– distributed with Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
as default interface font. - MS Hei – distributed with Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Simplified Chinese), Office XP Tool: Simplified Chinese Language Pack.
- MHei – Owned by Monotype.
- SimHei ( or simply ) – distributed with Windows 2000Windows 2000Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
, all regions of Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
. - [F] WenQuanYiWenQuanYiWenQuanYi is an open-source project of Chinese computer fonts licensed under GNU General Public License.-General:WenQuanYi project was started by Qianqian Fang , a Chinese biomedical imaging researcher at the Massachusetts General Hospital, in October, 2004.Now the fonts of WenQuanYi project are...
Zen Hei – freely available and licensed under GPL v2.0 with font embedding exceptions, including over 36,000 glyphs in total, among which 20,300 are Chinese characters. - [F] WenQuanYi Micro Hei – freely available and dual licensed under GPL v3 or Apache License v2.
Japanese
- MeiryoMeiryois a Japanese sans-serif gothic typeface. Microsoft bundled Meiryo with Office Mac 2008 as part of the standard install, and it replaces MS Gothic as the default system font for Vista on Japanese systems....
– distributed with Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
as default interface font. - [F] Mona FontMona FontMona Font is a Japanese proportional font for the X Window System, derived from the Shinonome raster font family. It aims to represent Shift JIS art graphics properly, almost all of which require the MS PGothic font. Mona is named after Mona, a character-based mascot of 2channel. Current version...
– a free font that is included with a number of Linux distributionLinux distributionA Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
s. Released in the public domain. - [F]? VL Gothic – a font originating from Vine LinuxVine LinuxVine Linux is a Japanese Linux distribution sponsored by VineCaves. It is a fork of Red Hat Linux 7.2 since Vine Linux 3.0.-Release history:- External links :*...
. It includes glyphs derived from M+ FONTS and Sazanami Gothic font, thus the licenses of these two fonts are both regarded. - MS Gothic – default system font distributed with Japanese version of Windows 3.1 or later, all regions of Windows 2000Windows 2000Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
and later, Microsoft Office v.X to 2004, Japanese font pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Japanese), Office XP Tool: Japanese Language Pack. - MS PGothic – distributed with Japanese version of Windows 95Windows 95Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
and later, all regions of Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
, Microsoft Office 2004. - MS UI Gothic – Default interface font from Windows 98 to Windows XP. Distributed with Japanese version of Windows 98Windows 98Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
and later, all regions in Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
. - Osaka – default system font on Classic Mac OSMac OSMac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
. - Hiragino Kaku Gothic and Hiragino Maru Gothic – default Japanese system font on Mac OS XMac OS XMac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. - Kozuka Gothic – typeface family provided by new versions of Adobe IllustratorAdobe IllustratorAdobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. Illustrator is similar in scope, intended market, and functionality to its competitors, CorelDraw, Xara Designer Pro and Macromedia FreeHand....
. - GothicBBB-Medium – used by AdobeAdobe SystemsAdobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
as one of the two CJKCJKCJK is a collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, which is used in the field of software and communications internationalization.The term CJKV means CJK plus Vietnamese, which constitute the main East Asian languages.- Characteristics :...
fonts in many examples in its documentation. -
[F]Kochi Gothic – Originally named Watanabe font , is a font formerly considered freeDebian Free Software GuidelinesThe Debian Free Software Guidelines is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is a free software license, which in turn is used to determine whether a piece of software can be included in Debian...
that is included with a number of Linux distributionLinux distributionA Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
s. 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. -
[F]Sazanami Gothic – Also a font formerly considered free and included with a number of Linux distributionLinux distributionA Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
s.
Korean
- AppleGothic – default Korean font on Apple Mac OS XMac OS XMac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. - Dotum , DotumChe , Gulim – Korean version of the fonts found in Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, all regions of Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
or later. - GulimChe – Distributed with all regions of Windows 2000Windows 2000Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
and later, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack. - Malgun GothicMalgun GothicMalgun Gothic is a Korean sans-serif typeface developed by Sandoll Communications, with hinting by Monotype Imaging, as a replacement of Dotum and Gulim as the default system font for the Korean language version of Windows Vista...
– distributed with Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
as default interface font. - New GulimNew GulimNew Gulim is a sans-serif type unicode font designed especially for the Korean-language script, designed by HanYang System Co., Limited . It is an expanded version of Hanyang Gulrim ....
(새굴림), Gulim Old Hangul Jamo – distributed with Old Korean support tools for Microsoft Word 2000, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack, Microsoft Office 2003. - [F] UnDotum – one of Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts with the same name. freely available and licensed under GPL. included in a number of Linux distributions.
- [F] UnShinmun – one of Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts.
- [F] Baekmuk Gulim – freely available and included in a number of Linux distributions.
Chinese
- KaiU or DFKai-SB (標楷體) – designed by DynaComwareDynaComwareDynaComware Corp. is a type foundry based in Taiwan, Republic of China, founded in 1987 as DynaLab Inc. . It is a supplier for CJK fonts with established businesses in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, USA....
, distributed by MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
with Chinese version of Windows 95Windows 95Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
or higher. - SimKai (中易楷体 or 楷体_GB2312) – distributed with Chinese version of Windows.
- STKaiti (华文楷体) – distributed with Simplified Chinese version of OfficeMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
. Created in 2002 by Changzhou SinoType. - [F] AR PL UKai (AR PL 中楷) – Arphic Public Licensed free font, one of CJKUnifonts project font, included in some Linux distributions, derived from Arphic PL Fonts.
- Kai – included in Simplified Chinese version of Mac OSMac OSMac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
. Made by the foundry Shanghai Ikarus between 1993-95. - BiaoKai – included in Traditional Chinese version of Mac OS.
Korean
- [F] UnYetgul – one of Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts.
Chinese
- SimFang (中易仿宋 or simply 仿宋) – distributed with Chinese version of Windows.
- STFangsong (华文仿宋) – formerly distributed with Mac 10.4. Created in 2002 by Changzhou SinoType.
Pan-Unicode
- [F] GNU UnifontGNU UnifontThe GNU Unifont by Roman Czyborra is a free bitmap font that covers the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane , using an intermediate bitmapped font format....
– a GPLed bitmap font that covers the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane. - Code2000Code2000Code2000 is a pan-Unicode digital font, which includes characters and symbols from a very large range of writing systems. As of the current final version 1.171 released in 2008, Code2000 is designed and implemented by James Kass to include as much of the Unicode 5.2 standard as practical , and to...
Chinese
- SimYou (幼圆) – round font style, distributed with Chinese version of Windows.
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[F]HanWang Series – released by Wang Hanzong , a professor at National Taiwan UniversityNational Taiwan UniversityNational Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...
, and licensed under GPL. Wang involved in copyright infringement with Arphic TechnologyArphic TechnologyArphic Technology Co., Ltd. ) is a type foundry based in Taiwan , founded in May 1990.-Arphic PL Fonts:Arphic Technology is the creator of the Arphic PL Fonts , including AR PL KaitiM Big5 , AR PL Mingti2L Big5 , AR PL SungtiL GB and AR PL KaitiM GB , which are used by some Linux distributions...
for the fonts in 2005. -
[F][F] cwTeX Chinese fonts (5 fonts) – GPLed, includes: cwTeX 仿宋體 (Imitation Song), cwTeX 圓體 (round font), cwTeX 明體 (Ming), cwTeX 楷書 (Regular script) and cwTeX 粗黑體 (Bold Sans-serif), the Bold Sans-serif has been involved in copyright infringement with Arphic Technology. - [F] Arphic PL Fonts (文鼎自由字型, 4 fonts) – includes AR PL KaitiM Big5 (文鼎 PL 中楷), AR PL Mingti2L Big5 (文鼎 PL 細上海宋), AR PL SungtiL GB (文鼎 PL 簡報宋), AR PL KaitiM GB (文鼎 PL 簡中楷) and AR PL MingU20-L (文鼎 PL 明體) and AR PL BaoSong2GBK (文鼎 PL 報宋), released by Arphic TechnologyArphic TechnologyArphic Technology Co., Ltd. ) is a type foundry based in Taiwan , founded in May 1990.-Arphic PL Fonts:Arphic Technology is the creator of the Arphic PL Fonts , including AR PL KaitiM Big5 , AR PL Mingti2L Big5 , AR PL SungtiL GB and AR PL KaitiM GB , which are used by some Linux distributions...
and licensed under the company's Arphic Public License. The CJKUnifonts project was derived from Arphic PL Fonts. - [F] WenQuanYiWenQuanYiWenQuanYi is an open-source project of Chinese computer fonts licensed under GNU General Public License.-General:WenQuanYi project was started by Qianqian Fang , a Chinese biomedical imaging researcher at the Massachusetts General Hospital, in October, 2004.Now the fonts of WenQuanYi project are...
Unibit – another bitmap monospaced font in the GPLed WenQuanYi font project. - Series of the fonts by SinoType . eg. HuaWen Xingkai (华文行楷), HuaWen CaiYun (华文彩云). Distributed with Microsoft Office.
- Series of the fonts by Founder GroupFounder GroupFounder Group is a major Chinese technology conglomerate that deals with information technology and pharmaceuticals. Its subsidiary Founder Technology Group is the second-largest personal computer vendor in China. Its motto is "世界在变 创新不变", which translates roughly to "The world is changing;...
(方正; Fāng Zhèng). eg. FangZheng ShuTi (方正舒体), FangZheng QiTi (方正启体). Distributed with Microsoft Office. - Series of the fonts by Han Yi (汉仪; Hàn Yí； full name: 北京汉仪科印信息技术有限公司). eg. HanYi XueJun (汉仪雪君体)
- Series of the fonts by DynaLabDynaComwareDynaComware Corp. is a type foundry based in Taiwan, Republic of China, founded in 1987 as DynaLab Inc. . It is a supplier for CJK fonts with established businesses in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, USA....
(華康; Huá Kāng). eg. HuaKang ShaoNu (華康少女體), HuaKang WuaWua (華康娃娃體). - Series of the fonts by Arphic Technology (文鼎科技; Wén Dǐng Kējì).
Korean
- [F] UnGungseo – one of Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts, calligraphyCalligraphyCalligraphy is a type of visual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering . A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner"...
styles.
External links
- Free TTF Korean fonts download
- List of free Simplified Chinese fonts
- List of free Traditional Chinese fonts
- List of free Japanese fonts
- List of free Korean fonts
- Arphic Public License: a free font, licensed by Arphic Technology 免费中文字体 適用於 GNU/Linux 的字型