English name |
CJK name |
Localisation |
Editor/Creator |
Licensing |
Format |
Comments |
BabelStone Han[6] |
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SC |
Andrew West |
[F] 1999 Arphic Public License |
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Based on Arphic PL Fonts, extended partly to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I. |
DLCMingMedium DLCMingBold |
華康中明體, 華康粗明體 |
TC |
Microsoft Windows |
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Font family from which Windows 3.0's default Traditional Chinese font 'Ming Light' is derived. |
MingLiU |
細明體 |
TC (Taiwan) |
Microsoft Windows |
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mingliu.ttc |
Default interface typeface for Windows 3.0 to Windows XP, derived from DynaLab's DLCMing typeface. Originally distributed as a raster typeface in the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.0, then it was available in TrueType format as 'MingLi43' in the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.1. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. Starting from version 2.00, it was internally sorted in Unicode sequence with Big-5 codepage, and carried the English name 'MingLiU'. In version 2.10, the typeface file also contained PMingLiU (新細明體), which is a proportional font. MingLiU (mingliu.ttc ) was distributed with the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 95 to Windows 98, all regional versions of Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, Traditional Chinese version of Windows 10, PMingLiU Update Pack (新細明體更新套件), Traditional Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Traditional Chinese), Office XP Tool: Traditional Chinese Language Pack, Traditional Chinese supplemental fonts for Windows 10. |
PMingLiU |
新細明體 |
TC (Taiwan) |
Microsoft Windows 95+ |
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Distributed with Traditional Chinese version of Windows 95, all regional versions of Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, and the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 10. The Latin characters in this font is proportional. |
MingLiU_HKSCS, MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB |
細明體_HKSCS, 細明體_HKSCS-ExtB |
TC (Hong Kong) |
Windows Vista |
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mingliub.ttc |
MingLiU-ExtB (mingliub.ttc ,細明體-ExtB), PMingLiU-ExtB (新細明體-ExtB) – distributed with PMingLiU Update Pack (新細明體更新套件), Windows Vista. |
LiSong Pro Light |
儷宋 Pro |
TC (Hong Kong) |
Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.3–10.4. |
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Apple LiSung Light |
蘋果儷細宋 |
TC (Hong Kong) |
Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.2–10.4. |
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I.Ming |
I.明體 |
TC (General) |
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[F] IPA font licence |
ttf |
Derived from IPAex Minchō font, availably at Keshilu blog (刻石錄) and GitHub.[7][8] |
MS Song |
MS宋体 |
SC |
Microsoft |
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Distributed with Simplified Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Simplified Chinese), Office XP Tool: Simplified Chinese Language Pack. |
SimSun |
中易宋体, 宋体 |
SC |
Microsoft |
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simsun.ttc |
Default interface typeface for Windows 3.1x to Windows XP, distributed with the Simplified Chinese versions of Windows 3.1x and later, all regions of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. The difference between this font and NSimSun (below) is that NSimSun is labelled monospaced in the post and OS/2 table while SimSun did not.[9] |
NSimSun |
新宋体 |
SC |
Microsoft |
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Distributed with the Simplified Chinese versions of Windows 95 and later. Distributed with all regions of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. |
SimSun-18030, NSimSun-18030 |
宋体-18030, 新宋体-18030 |
SC |
Microsoft |
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Distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP, or as GB 18030 Support Package to Windows 2000 or higher. |
Simsun (Founder Extended) |
宋体-方正超大字符集 |
SC |
Microsoft |
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Distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office XP, Simplified Chinese version of Windows, or Microsoft Office Proofing Tools (XP and 2003). |
SimSun-ExtB or Sun-ExtB |
宋体-ExtB |
SC |
Microsoft |
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simsunb.ttf |
Distributed with Windows Vista. |
SimSun-ExtG |
宋体-ExtG |
SC |
Microsoft |
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SimsunExtG.ttf |
Distributed with Windows 11 2023 Update and 2024 Update. |
Song |
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SC |
OS X 10.2–10.4. |
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STSong |
华文宋体 |
SC |
SinoType Technology (常州华文印刷新技术) |
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Distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP, OS X 10.2–10.4. The Jiangsu-based foundry, Changzhou SinoType Technology (常州华文印刷新技术), made a series of 30,000+-character fonts for Microsoft and Macintosh between 1998 and 2004 that all begin with "ST" (华文). |
STZhongsong |
华文中宋 |
SC |
Microsoft |
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Distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP. A medium-boldness version of STSong made in 1991 and updated in 1998. |
TW-Sung, TW-Sung-Ext-B, TW-Sung-Plus |
全字庫正宋體 |
TC (Taiwan) |
Ministry of Education of Taiwan (教育部)[10] |
[F] Open Government Data License v1.0,[11] equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license[12] |
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100,000+ traditional and simplified characters (including Japanese shinjitai characters) in Taiwanese style, covering CNS 11643 (TW-Sung covers the characters mapped to the Basic Multilingual Plane, TW-Sung-Ext-B covers the characters mapped to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, TW-Sung-Plus covers Private Use Area mapped CNS characters). |
WenQuanYi Bitmap Song |
文泉驿点阵宋体 |
SC |
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[F] GNU GPL |
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Raster typeface. |
KingHwa OldSong |
京華老宋体 |
SC, TC |
特里王 (Terri Wong) |
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Covers CJK Unified Ideographs, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A; partially covers CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, and covers all encoded simplified Chinese characters. Also covers all commonly used characters in UBPSHNVN's Nôm standard. |
FangZheng ShuSong |
方正书宋 |
SC, TC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
[F] Free for commercial use |
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Released 1996. Based on Shanghai Printing Technology Research Institute's "Song Er" for letterpress. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, BIG-5, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2. |
FangZheng PingXian YaSong |
方正屏显雅宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2017. Screen-optimized version of BiaoYaSong. Supports GB2312-80, GBK. |
FangZheng BoYaSong |
方正博雅宋 |
SC, TC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2004. Designed for newspaper body text, focusing on readability. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, BIG-5. |
FangZheng LanTingSong |
方正兰亭宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2004. Designed for new generation newspaper body text. Supports GB2312-80, GBK. |
FangZheng YaSong family |
方正雅宋 |
SC, TC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2007. Family with various weights (XianYaSong, XiYaSong, BiaoYaSong, etc.), initially for titles. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, BIG-5. |
FangZheng YouSong family |
方正悠宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2017. Screen display Song font family. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2. |
FangZheng XiaoBiaoSong |
方正小标宋 |
SC, TC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 1996. Common title typeface, often used for official documents. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, BIG-5, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2. |
FangZheng DaBiaoSong |
方正大标宋 |
SC, TC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 1996. Based on 1970 "Hangtou Song", for large titles. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, BIG-5. |
FangZheng GuiFan ShuSong |
方正规范书宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2013. Supports GBK. |
FangZheng LanTing KanSong |
方正兰亭刊宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2005. Supports GBK, GB2312-80. |
FangZheng BaoSong |
方正报宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 1996. Digital version of "641 Ti" (BaoSong Ti) from 1964 for People's Daily. Supports GB2312-80, GBK. |
FangZheng BoYa FangKanSong |
方正博雅方刊宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2009. Optimized version of FangZheng BoYaSong for newspaper printing (e.g. 9pt, 10.5pt). Supports GBK, GB2312-80. |
FangZheng BoYa KanSong |
方正博雅刊宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2005. Supports GBK, GB2312-80. |
FangZheng XinShuSong |
方正新书宋 |
SC, TC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2012. Optimized version of FangZheng ShuSong for books and magazines. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, BIG-5, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2. |
FangZheng SongYi |
方正宋一 |
SC, TC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 1996. Also "Dictionary Song" (字典宋), designed 1960s for "Ci Hai" dictionary. Supports GB2312-80, GBK, BIG-5, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2 & L3. |
FangZheng XinBaoSong |
方正新报宋 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2000. "Second generation BaoSong" designed by Xie Peiyuan for Founder. Supports GB2312-80, GBK. |
FangZheng SongSan |
方正宋三 |
SC |
FounderType (方正字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 1996. Early digital Song typeface using straight line segments for curves. Supports GB2312-80, GBK. |
Hanyi ShuSongEr |
汉仪书宋二 |
SC |
Hanyi Fonts (汉仪字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 1996. Conforms to GB18030-2022 Level 2. |
Hanyi ZhongSong |
汉仪中宋 |
SC |
Hanyi Fonts (汉仪字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 1996. Neutral body text Song font. Conforms to GB18030-2022 Level 2. |
Hanyi XuanSong |
汉仪玄宋 |
SC |
Hanyi Fonts (汉仪字库) |
Commercial |
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Released 2021. Song typeface designed for "slow reading". Conforms to GB18030-2022 Level 2. |