May 20, 2008 Simplified Chinese Fonts shipped with Windows XP use embedded bitmaps to provide legibility at small sizes on the screen. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) does not display these bitmaps but instead renders the outlines.
- May 31, 2007 These fonts installed on my mac (still they would give a warning when you would install it but let it you will be fine;)) Also Microsoft said that Segoe UI was made both for Mac and Windows so mac users are fine with Pablo links (i got this information from a microsoft link don’t ask it to me).
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| Category | Sans-serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | East Asian gothic typeface |
| Designer(s) | Qi Li (chief designer for ideograms) |
| Commissioned by | Microsoft |
| Foundry | Founder Electronics, Monotype Imaging (hinting) |
| Date created | 1997-07-18 |
| Trademark | Microsoft |
Microsoft YaHei (Chinese: 微软雅黑; pinyin: Wēiruǎn Yǎhēi) is a sans-serifgothictypeface created by Founder Electronics and Monotype Corporation under commission from Microsoft. Hinting for the font was undertaken by Monotype Imaging.[1] The CJK ideographic characters were designed by the Founder Electronics foundry's senior designer, Li Qi (齐立).[2][3]
Development[edit]
Development began in 2004 when Microsoft commissioned Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. for a ClearType font for use in the simplified Chinese version of Windows Vista as default font.[4]
The ideographs in YaHei were based on a previous sans-serif font family the same designer had made in the early 1990s which, like YaHei, did not feature flared stroke terminals. Changes to the prototype fonts include redesigning the hook stroke with a longer end, the addition of 'foot' ending stroke terminal, readjusting the black and white proportions of glyphs, the introduction of dents in stroke path outlines that intersect other stroke path outlines, and flattening the diagonal dot stroke top at the top of the glyph. YaHei is optimized for screen use.[5]
Microsoft YaHei[edit]
The font family originally includes two fonts in regular and bold weights: named MSYH.TTF and 'Microsoft YaHei Bold' in a separate file, MSYHBD.TTF. OpenType features include vertical writing.
Microsoft YaHei has been distributed with Windows since Windows Vista, and is the default user interface font when the language is set to Simplified Chinese. It aims to be more legible than its SimSun predecessor when used with ClearType. It is also included in the Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office2007.
Downloading and installing the Simplified Chinese ClearType fonts for Windows XP from Microsoft also makes Microsoft YaHei available on Windows XP.[6]
The font file contains all 20,902 original CJK Unified Ideographs code points specified in Unicode, plus approximately 80 code points defined by the Standardization Administration of China. It supports the GBK character set, with localized glyphs.
Semilight, Semibold and Heavy weight fonts were introduced with Windows 10 Redstone 4 (Spring Creators update).[7]
Microsoft YaHei UI[edit]
Microsoft YaHei UI, a version of Microsoft YaHei with alternate character design and reduced line height, was introduced with Windows 8.[8] As part of Microsoft YaHei update, Microsoft YaHei UI is included in a TTC file along with Microsoft YaHei.
Founder Electronics versions[edit]
Founder Electronics versions of the fonts are released in various character sets depending on family: GB2312-80(with simplified Chinese characters), GB12345-90(with traditional Chinese characters), GBK(with simplified and traditional Chinese characters), BIG-5(for Hong Kong and Taiwan region), GB18030-2000(includes GBK and all Big-5 characters mapped to Unicode CJK Unified Ideographs and Extension A).
FZLanTingHei (2006)[edit]
FZLanTingHei (方正兰亭黑) is a Founder Electronics variant based on the Microsoft YaHei, but the Latin glyphs were changed to resemble Arial. FZLanTingHei-DB and FZLanTingHei-B correspond to the font weights of YaHei and YaHei Bold respectively.
The family includes 14 font styles in 10 weights and 3 widths, with condensed and extended widths for H width R weights. Released character set fonts include GB2312-80, GB12345-90, GBK, BIG-5, GB18030-2000.
FZLanTingKanHei (2009)[edit]
FZLanTingHei (方正兰亭刊黑) is based on FZLanTingHei, but designed for printing.
The family includes 1 font styles in 1 weight and 1 width, with font weight equal to EL and middle width from FZLanTingHei. Released character set fonts include GB2312-80, GB12345-90, GBK.
FZLanTingYuan (2014)[edit]
FZLanTingYuan (方正兰亭圆) is based on FZLanTingHei, with rounded terminals and corners and elimination of 'foot' stroke terminals. Latin glyphs were changed for lowercase a, g to be less like Arial. Designers included Cui Yan, Han Chunli, Zhang Zhang, Shao Wei, Yan Yao, Li Xueying, Wang Ji(Jie?), Zhao Yue, He Yuan.
The family includes 9 font styles in 9 weights (H, EB, B, DB1, DB, M, R, L, EL) and 1 width (medium). Released character set fonts include GB2312-80, GB12345-90, GBK.
Awards[edit]
FZLanTingHei won bronze prize for the 2009 DFA Design for Asia Award.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Monotype Imaging Brings Fonts to Microsoft Office and Windows Vista Products'. Ir.monotypeimaging.com. 2007-03-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ^Lantinghei in use
- ^原来字体也是有版权的啊
- ^Founder Font Sample Book(140916小册子.indd), 方正兰亭黑系列
- ^微软雅黑的设计
- ^VistaFont_CHS.EXE (2008-05-20). 'Download details: Simplified Chinese ClearType fonts for Windows XP'. Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ^Windows 10 Redstone 4 (Spring Creators update): Release Date & all changes, new features so far (Massive categorized changelog)
- ^微软雅黑和微软正黑的 UI 版与普通版有何区别？
- ^'亚洲最具影响力设计金、银、铜奖及香港青年设计才俊大奖公布'. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Microsoft YaHei. |
- Microsoft Typography pages: Microsoft YaHei, Microsoft YaHei UI
- FounderType (China Type Design and Research Center) page: FZLanTingHei(方正兰亭黑系列), FZLanTingKanHei(方正兰亭刊黑), FZLanTingYuan(方正兰亭圆系列)
- Beijing Founder Electronics page: FZLanTingHei
Overview
Microsoft Yahei Font For Mac
Microsoft YaHei:A Simplified Chinese font developed by taking advantage of ClearType technology, and it provides excellent reading experience particularly onscreen. The font is very legible at small sizes.
Microsoft YaHei UI:The font glyphs are certified compliant with China standard GB18030-2000 with the font name Founder Lan Ting Hei. Microsoft Licensed the font glyph from Beijing Founder Electronics Co. Ltd. GB18030-2000
| File name | Msyhl.ttc Msyh.ttc Msyhbd.ttc |
| Styles & Weights | Microsoft YaHei Light Microsoft YaHei Microsoft YaHei Bold Microsoft YaHei UI Light Microsoft YaHei UI Microsoft YaHei UI Bold |
| Designers | Founder |
| Copyright | © 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Portions © 2017 Beijing Founder Electronics Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. |
| Font vendor | Microsoft Corp. |
| Script Tags | dlng:'Hans' slng:'Hans' |
| Code pages | 1252 Latin 1 1250 Latin 2: Eastern Europe 1251 Cyrillic 1253 Greek 1254 Turkish 936 Chinese: Simplified chars--PRC and Singapore |
| Fixed pitch | False |
Licensing and redistribution info
- Font redistribution FAQ for Windows
- License Microsoft fonts for enterprises, web developers, for hardware & software redistribution or server installations
Products that supply this font
| Product name | Font version |
|---|---|
| Windows 10 | See the Windows 10 page. |
| Windows 8.1 | See the Windows 8.1 page. |
| Windows 8 | See the Windows 8 page. |
| Windows 7 | See the Windows 7 page. |
| Windows Vista | 5.00 |
| Windows Server 2008 | 5.00 |
This typeface is also available within Office applications. For more information visit this page.