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Information about CJK fonts
==Simplified Chinese Fonts==
There are no good free Chinese fonts (i.e., high quality, large number of glyphs, and many styles) available.
For commercial fonts, we recommend
===Adobe's Chinese fonts===
2 fonts, AdobeHeitiStd-Regular.otf, AdobeSongStd-Light.otf can be freely download from Adobe, and they are distributed in Chinese's version of Acrobat Reader.
2007-08-03 13:16 12,266,264 AdobeHeitiStd-Regular.otf
2007-08-03 13:16 15,588,124 AdobeSongStd-Light.otf
Adobe also distribute two fonts, kaiti and fangsong in their CS, but cannot download freely. each font is about 10M
===Zhongyi's Commercial fonts===
include simhei, simkai, simli, simfang, simsun, simyou. They are distributed in Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Windows
On my machine, they are
2007-03-14 13:23 3,996,872 simfang.ttf
2007-03-14 13:23 10,044,356 simhei.ttf
2007-03-14 13:23 4,135,804 simkai.ttf
2002-10-30 11:17 9,317,908 SIMLI.TTF
2007-03-14 13:23 10,500,792 simsun.ttc
2002-10-30 11:17 6,794,984 SIMYOU.TTF
===HT's Type ===
(In MKII/pdfTeX, they are the default Chinese fonts, Hans provide the typescript for them)
4 fonts are available. the local TeX user group provide these fonts for download from ftp://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/truetype/ttf/ht*.ttf
You can see their size at that ftp site
===Huawen's Type===
10 fonts can be download from ftp://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/truetype/%BB%AA%CE%C4%D7%D6%BF%E2/
Again, you can see the size at the site
===Fangzheng's Commercial Fonts===
The fonts are really great, and the local TeX user group provide these fonts for download from ftp://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/truetype/ttf/Fz*.ttf
Again, you can see the size at the site
In China, most TeX and non-TeX user use Zhongyi's Commercial Fonts, since they are easy to get (in WinXP) and easy to setup (local TeX user group provide corresponding macro package and script). When users use the CTeX (official local user group's TeX distribution), they are work out of the box since pfbs are generated are packaged in the distribution. In China it is legal to do that (we can use commercial software without licence only for education and research). However, it is not a good idea for international distribution to do that.
==Traditional Chinese==
===cwtex ===
Most users in Taiwan use the cwTeX distribution available for Win, Linux and Mac, and all the fonts are designed by its author.
5 fonts can be freely downloaded from http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/cwttf/center/ with their samples.
===arphic ===
the company provide 4 fonts, bkai, bsmi, gbsn, gkai under a free license, and they can be download from
http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/arphic/
TL include these font. but most users won't choose them for Chinese document. so it is not recommened
===moe font===
it is distributed by the Taiwan Government as the standard font. see http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/moe/. it is not recommended.
you can also find other free fonts from http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/ some fonts have legal problems like wangfont. so it is better not to distribute that...
==Korean==
===unfonts===
Open source high quality font. see http://kldp.net/projects/unfonts/ for ttf version.
It is distributed by ktug in type1 format with corresponding macros, so it is widely used in Korean TeX world.
Of course, other free fonts are also available, see http://ftp.ktug.or.kr/KTUG/ko.TeX/extrafonts/
==Japanese==
I do not speak Japanese, so no idea about it.
There are no good free Chinese fonts (i.e., high quality, large number of glyphs, and many styles) available.
For commercial fonts, we recommend
===Adobe's Chinese fonts===
2 fonts, AdobeHeitiStd-Regular.otf, AdobeSongStd-Light.otf can be freely download from Adobe, and they are distributed in Chinese's version of Acrobat Reader.
2007-08-03 13:16 12,266,264 AdobeHeitiStd-Regular.otf
2007-08-03 13:16 15,588,124 AdobeSongStd-Light.otf
Adobe also distribute two fonts, kaiti and fangsong in their CS, but cannot download freely. each font is about 10M
===Zhongyi's Commercial fonts===
include simhei, simkai, simli, simfang, simsun, simyou. They are distributed in Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Windows
On my machine, they are
2007-03-14 13:23 3,996,872 simfang.ttf
2007-03-14 13:23 10,044,356 simhei.ttf
2007-03-14 13:23 4,135,804 simkai.ttf
2002-10-30 11:17 9,317,908 SIMLI.TTF
2007-03-14 13:23 10,500,792 simsun.ttc
2002-10-30 11:17 6,794,984 SIMYOU.TTF
===HT's Type ===
(In MKII/pdfTeX, they are the default Chinese fonts, Hans provide the typescript for them)
4 fonts are available. the local TeX user group provide these fonts for download from ftp://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/truetype/ttf/ht*.ttf
You can see their size at that ftp site
===Huawen's Type===
10 fonts can be download from ftp://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/truetype/%BB%AA%CE%C4%D7%D6%BF%E2/
Again, you can see the size at the site
===Fangzheng's Commercial Fonts===
The fonts are really great, and the local TeX user group provide these fonts for download from ftp://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/truetype/ttf/Fz*.ttf
Again, you can see the size at the site
In China, most TeX and non-TeX user use Zhongyi's Commercial Fonts, since they are easy to get (in WinXP) and easy to setup (local TeX user group provide corresponding macro package and script). When users use the CTeX (official local user group's TeX distribution), they are work out of the box since pfbs are generated are packaged in the distribution. In China it is legal to do that (we can use commercial software without licence only for education and research). However, it is not a good idea for international distribution to do that.
==Traditional Chinese==
===cwtex ===
Most users in Taiwan use the cwTeX distribution available for Win, Linux and Mac, and all the fonts are designed by its author.
5 fonts can be freely downloaded from http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/cwttf/center/ with their samples.
===arphic ===
the company provide 4 fonts, bkai, bsmi, gbsn, gkai under a free license, and they can be download from
http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/arphic/
TL include these font. but most users won't choose them for Chinese document. so it is not recommened
===moe font===
it is distributed by the Taiwan Government as the standard font. see http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/moe/. it is not recommended.
you can also find other free fonts from http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/ some fonts have legal problems like wangfont. so it is better not to distribute that...
==Korean==
===unfonts===
Open source high quality font. see http://kldp.net/projects/unfonts/ for ttf version.
It is distributed by ktug in type1 format with corresponding macros, so it is widely used in Korean TeX world.
Of course, other free fonts are also available, see http://ftp.ktug.or.kr/KTUG/ko.TeX/extrafonts/
==Japanese==
I do not speak Japanese, so no idea about it.
