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East Asian Gothic typeface

January 01, 1970

In the East Asian writing system, gothic typefaces (simplified Chinese: 黑体; traditional Chinese: 黑體; pinyin: hēitǐ; Jyutping: haak1 tai2; Japanese: ゴシック体, romanized: goshikku-tai; Korean: 돋움, romanized: dotum, 고딕체 godik-che) are a type style characterized by strokes of even thickness and lack of decorations akin to sans serif styles in Western typography. It is the second most commonly used style in East Asian typography, after Ming.[citation needed]

A passage from the Thousand Character Classic in sans-serif typeface. The rightmost line is the original Chinese. The middle and the left lines are transliterations in Japanese kana and Korean Hangul, respectively.

History edit

Gothic typefaces were first developed in Japan. Starting in the 1960s, the People's Republic of China's Shanghai Printing Technology and Research Institute developed new typefaces for Simplified Chinese, including gothic typefaces. The communist government favored gothic typefaces because they were plain and "represented a break with the past."[1][better source needed]

Characteristics edit

Similar to Ming and Song typefaces, sans-serif typefaces were designed for printing, but they were also designed for legibility. They are commonly used in headlines, signs, and video applications.

Classifications edit

 
Round sans style typeface
  • Square sans (Japanese: 角ゴシック kaku goshikku; simplified Chinese: 方体; traditional Chinese: 方體; pinyin: fāngtǐ; Jyutping: fong1 tai2), the classic sans-serif style in which the lines of the characters have squared ends.
  • Round sans (Japanese: 丸ゴシック maru goshikku, simplified Chinese: 圆体/黑圆体; traditional Chinese: 圓體/黑圓體; pinyin: yuántǐ/hēiyuántǐ; Jyutping: jyun4tai2/haak1jyun4tai2, Korean:굴림체 gullimche), has rounded ends and corners to the lines of the characters. In some cases, short protruding stroke ends at intersections are eliminated to make glyphs look rounder. This is the style of typeface used for Japanese road signs.
    • Overlapping round sans (simplified Chinese: 叠圆体; traditional Chinese: 疊圓體; pinyin: diéyuántǐ; Jyutping: dip6 jyun4 tai2) - This is similar to the round sans, but in places where strokes overlap, a margin is inserted between the strokes to distinguish the strokes.
    • Rounded new book (simplified Chinese: 圆新书体; traditional Chinese: 圓新書體; pinyin: yuánxīn shūtǐ; Jyutping: jyun4san1 syu1tai2) - Uses narrow horizontal and thick vertical strokes, along with rounded line ends and corners.
  • Mixed art (simplified Chinese: 综艺体; traditional Chinese: 綜藝體; pinyin: zōngyìtǐ; Jyutping: zung1 ngai6 tai2) - Curved strokes are replaced by angled strokes with sharp or round corners.

Sans-serif typefaces in computing edit

See also: List of CJK fonts § Sans-serif

Sans serif typefaces, especially for default system fonts, are common in Japanese computing. Also, many Korean computing environments use Gulim which includes soft curves but is a sans-serif typeface.

In Chinese, versions of Microsoft Windows XP and older, the default interface typefaces have serifs (MingLiU and SimSun), which deviates from the sans serif styling use in most other (including East Asian) regions of the product. Starting in Windows Vista, the default interface typefaces in all regions were changed to sans-serif styles, using Microsoft JhengHei in Traditional Chinese environments and Microsoft YaHei in Simplified Chinese environments.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ng, Brian (September 6, 2021). "Revolutionary type: Meet the designer decolonizing Chinese fonts". Rest of World. Retrieved September 17, 2022.

External links edit

  • Nihongo resources: Japanese typefaces
  • sci.lang.japan FAQ list of Japanese writing styles
  • Sorting It All Out : The big font list in Windows
  • Sorting It All Out : What are the fonts in Vista?

January 01, 1970
east, asian, gothic, typeface, east, asian, writing, system, gothic, typefaces, simplified, chinese, 黑体, traditional, chinese, 黑體, pinyin, hēitǐ, jyutping, haak1, tai2, japanese, ゴシック体, romanized, goshikku, korean, 돋움, romanized, dotum, 고딕체, godik, type, style. In the East Asian writing system gothic typefaces simplified Chinese 黑体 traditional Chinese 黑體 pinyin heitǐ Jyutping haak1 tai2 Japanese ゴシック体 romanized goshikku tai Korean 돋움 romanized dotum 고딕체 godik che are a type style characterized by strokes of even thickness and lack of decorations akin to sans serif styles in Western typography It is the second most commonly used style in East Asian typography after Ming citation needed A passage from the Thousand Character Classic in sans serif typeface The rightmost line is the original Chinese The middle and the left lines are transliterations in Japanese kana and Korean Hangul respectively Contents 1 History 2 Characteristics 2 1 Classifications 3 Sans serif typefaces in computing 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it September 2022 Gothic typefaces were first developed in Japan Starting in the 1960s the People s Republic of China s Shanghai Printing Technology and Research Institute developed new typefaces for Simplified Chinese including gothic typefaces The communist government favored gothic typefaces because they were plain and represented a break with the past 1 better source needed Characteristics editSimilar to Ming and Song typefaces sans serif typefaces were designed for printing but they were also designed for legibility They are commonly used in headlines signs and video applications Classifications edit nbsp Round sans style typeface Square sans Japanese 角ゴシック kaku goshikku simplified Chinese 方体 traditional Chinese 方體 pinyin fangtǐ Jyutping fong1 tai2 the classic sans serif style in which the lines of the characters have squared ends Overlapping square sans simplified Chinese 叠黑体 traditional Chinese 疊黑體 pinyin dieheitǐ Jyutping dip6 haak1 tai2 This style is similar to the square sans but in places where strokes overlap a margin is inserted between the strokes to distinguish the strokes Square new book simplified Chinese 方新书体 traditional Chinese 方新書體 pinyin fangxin shutǐ Jyutping fong1san1 syu1tai2 Uses narrow horizontal and thick vertical strokes similar to typefaces such as Optima Round sans Japanese 丸ゴシック maru goshikku simplified Chinese 圆体 黑圆体 traditional Chinese 圓體 黑圓體 pinyin yuantǐ heiyuantǐ Jyutping jyun4tai2 haak1jyun4tai2 Korean 굴림체 gullimche has rounded ends and corners to the lines of the characters In some cases short protruding stroke ends at intersections are eliminated to make glyphs look rounder This is the style of typeface used for Japanese road signs Overlapping round sans simplified Chinese 叠圆体 traditional Chinese 疊圓體 pinyin dieyuantǐ Jyutping dip6 jyun4 tai2 This is similar to the round sans but in places where strokes overlap a margin is inserted between the strokes to distinguish the strokes Rounded new book simplified Chinese 圆新书体 traditional Chinese 圓新書體 pinyin yuanxin shutǐ Jyutping jyun4san1 syu1tai2 Uses narrow horizontal and thick vertical strokes along with rounded line ends and corners Mixed art simplified Chinese 综艺体 traditional Chinese 綜藝體 pinyin zōngyitǐ Jyutping zung1 ngai6 tai2 Curved strokes are replaced by angled strokes with sharp or round corners Sans serif typefaces in computing editSee also List of CJK fonts Sans serif Sans serif typefaces especially for default system fonts are common in Japanese computing Also many Korean computing environments use Gulim which includes soft curves but is a sans serif typeface In Chinese versions of Microsoft Windows XP and older the default interface typefaces have serifs MingLiU and SimSun which deviates from the sans serif styling use in most other including East Asian regions of the product Starting in Windows Vista the default interface typefaces in all regions were changed to sans serif styles using Microsoft JhengHei in Traditional Chinese environments and Microsoft YaHei in Simplified Chinese environments See also editEast Asian typography Ming typeface References edit Ng Brian September 6 2021 Revolutionary type Meet the designer decolonizing Chinese fonts Rest of World Retrieved September 17 2022 External links editNihongo resources Japanese typefaces sci lang japan FAQ list of Japanese writing styles Sorting It All Out The big font list in Windows Sorting It All Out What are the fonts in Vista Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title East Asian Gothic typeface amp oldid 1217177129, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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