Microsoft YaHei
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Microsoft YaHei is a sans-serif
gothic typeface
created by Founder Electronics and Monotype under commission from Microsoft
. Hinting for the font was undertaken by Monotype Imaging.
The font family includes two fonts in regular and bold weights: named
features include vertical writing.
Microsoft YaHei is distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of the Windows Vista
and Windows 7 operating system as the default user interface font, aiming to be more legible
than its SimSun predecessor when used with ClearType
. It is also included in the Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office
2007
.
Downloading and installing the Simplified Chinese ClearType fonts for Windows XP
from Microsoft also makes Microsoft YaHei available on Windows XP.
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 GBK
character set, with localized glyphs.
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif or san serif typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without"....
gothic typeface
Typeface
In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
created by Founder Electronics and Monotype under commission from Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
. Hinting for the font was undertaken by Monotype Imaging.
The font family includes two fonts in regular and bold weights: named
MSYH.TTF and 'Microsoft YaHei Bold' in a separate file, MSYHBD.TTF. OpenTypeOpenType
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. It was built on its predecessor TrueType, retaining TrueType's basic structure and adding many intricate data structures for prescribing typographic behavior...
features include vertical writing.
Microsoft YaHei is distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of the Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
and Windows 7 operating system as the default user interface font, aiming to be more legible
Legibility
Legibility is the degree to which glyphs in text are understandable or recognizable based on appearance. "The legibility of a typeface is related to the characteristics inherent in its design .....
than its SimSun predecessor when used with ClearType
ClearType
ClearType is a trademark for Microsoft's implementation of subpixel rendering technology. ClearType attempts to improve the appearance of text on certain types of computer display screens by sacrificing color fidelity for additional intensity variation. This trade-off is asserted to work well on...
. It is also included in the Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
2007
Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 is a Windows version of the Microsoft Office System, Microsoft's productivity suite. Formerly known as Office 12 in the initial stages of its beta cycle, it was released to volume license customers on November 30, 2006 and made available to retail customers on January 30, 2007...
.
Downloading and installing the Simplified Chinese ClearType fonts for Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
from Microsoft also makes Microsoft YaHei available on Windows XP.
The font file contains all 20,902 original CJK Unified Ideographs
CJK Unified Ideographs
The Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts share a common background. In the process called Han unification the common characters were identified, and named "CJK Unified Ideographs"...
code points specified in Unicode
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
, plus approximately 80 code points defined by the Standardization Administration of China
Standardization Administration of China
The Standardization Administration of China is the Standards organization authorized by the State Council of China to exercise administrative responsibilities by undertaking unified management, supervision and overall coordination of standardization work in China...
. It supports GBK
GBK
GBK is an extension of the GB2312 character set for simplified Chinese characters, used in the People's Republic of China.GB abbreviates Guojia Biaozhun , which means national standard in Chinese, while K stands for Extension...
character set, with localized glyphs.