Questions tagged [fonts]
Questions related to fonts or typefaces used for displaying text in Chinese.
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What should these PUA characters look like?
I stumbled upon this page. (I think it's in Hokkien?) Some of the characters are in the Unicode Private Use Area (PUA). My browser displays some of them, but others are missing. I'd like to know:
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为什么字形不同的两个字「骨」的编码相同（从而是一个字）？
「骨」字虽然没有简体、正体（繁体）之分，但在简体中文和繁体中文中，所展示的字形是不同的，其表现为在不同字体下的外观表象不同。如下，在 Word 里面并列打出它们，左边是 宋体（可以说是简体中文的常见、默认字体了），右边是 PMingLiU 字体（是 Word 中「『简』译『繁』」的默认字体，从而可以说是繁体中文的常见字体），最明显的区别是两个字的上面的开口方向不一样，从而导致书写不一样、...
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Resource to find ductus of a symbol
Is theire any ressource (font, software) who give ductus for a given character with both the strokes order and the way each stroke should be drawn?
I search it to make my own writing paper depending ...
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Meaning of font description: "明兰终"，估计只有 7*7 字体估计是作者自已点出来的
This webpage mentions a font named 明兰终 with Chinese characters that have a size of 7×7 pixels:
"明兰终"，估计只有 7*7 字体估计是作者自已点出来的
What does this Chinese sentence mean?
Might 作者 refer to the ...
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Traces of the Chinese font "明兰终" (7×7 pixel characters)
This page mentions a Chinese font named 明兰终, which is designed with Chinese characters sized 7×7 pixels:
"明兰终"，估计只有 7*7 字体估计是作者自已点出来的
详细说明在, http://bbs.themex.net/forumdisplay.php?f=87 ...
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Ancient calligraphy and traditional fonts supporting most/all traditional/simplified glyphs that is Free for commercial use?
I would call the Google Noto Chinese fonts "modern" chinese. Then I would call something like this (that font doesn't load/work for me when I download it) a more ancient style calligraphy ...
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What's the font used in the 1st edition of the book series New Practical Chinese Reader?
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The book series "新实用汉语课本" (New Practical Chinese Reader) has 6 volumes and some of those volumes have 1, 2 or 3 ...
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Which font has been used in this file that contains character components?
This question is related to the Wubi input method, but mostly related to computer fonts, so you don't need to know how to use Wubi to be able to answer.
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How to display CJK Extension H?
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H has just been released this week.
BabelStone Han only has:
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HanaMin seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. They did not even ...
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How do I prevent Chinese characters from being displayed in the wrong script on Windows? (Traditional/Simplified)
On Google Chrome, Chinese characters are being marked in different scripts on the same site, and traditional characters are rendered in a sans-serif font while simplified are rendered in a serif font:
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Where can I get brush stroke caligraphy fonts for traditional characters? [closed]
I need to print out characters written with obvious brush strokes, such as semi-cursive script (行書). Are there computer fonts (e.g. TrueType, OpenType) available for this purpose? The font must ...
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How to display CJK Extension G?
Wikipedia has a page entitled CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G.
I've installed BabelStone's BabelHan but coverage isn't 100%:
Unicode Block | Total Coverage Characters | Percentage | G-Source ...
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What is a professional looking Chinese font that could serve as an equivalent for italics?
What is a professional looking font that is good to use as italics?
The italics function in a word processor merely slants Chinese characters, and is unsuitable for professional looking documents.
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How can I type 小篆characters that are not in the FANG ZHENG XIAO ZHUAN TI FONT?
By intalling the FANG ZHENG XIAO ZHUAN TI FONT I've been able to type 小篆 characters. However there are many chacters which don't change when the font is applied to them. For the more modern characters ...
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Are Chinese characters always in a perfect square shape, or are there fonts with rectangular characters?
Are all Chinese characters in all fonts placed in a perfect square grid, or are there fonts which make characters slightly rectangular such as 5:6 aspect ratio or 8:9 aspect ratio, etc. E.g. you find ...
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