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Sitron 02-04-2009 05:24 PM

Best font for Japanese?
 
When I copy/paste kanji from Hiragana Times to my word document they come off as very different looking to the ones in hiragana times.

Often they lack strokes, or some of the strokes are seperate instead of crossing each other. I use "Arial." I tried Andalus and it's better, but still some kanji come as way different than they really are.

Any suggestions?

MMM 02-04-2009 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sitron (Post 672159)
When I copy/paste kanji from Hiragana Times to my word document they come off as very different looking to the ones in hiragana times.

Often they lack strokes, or some of the strokes are seperate instead of crossing each other. I use "Arial." I tried Andalus and it's better, but still some kanji come as way different than they really are.

Any suggestions?

Try MS Mincho or MS UI Gothic. Arial is a font for writing the English alphabet, but not Japanese.

NanteNa 02-04-2009 06:30 PM

Often Microsoft Word has a font type called ''International''-something. I use that one for Japanese or in general other fonts than western. It's quite usefull. As MMM mentions, MS Gothic is okay to use as well.

alanX 02-04-2009 09:51 PM

MS Mincho is pretty much the default for 日本語


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