Popular Post imron Posted July 16, 2014 at 02:18 PM Popular Post Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 at 02:18 PM This is pretty big news. Google has recently released a new set of fonts, aiming to cover every language and script in the world, including fonts for simplified and traditional (as well as the rest of the CJK triumvirate). http://www.google.com/get/noto/ Best of all, the fonts have been released under an open licence, which means they're free to use and distribute. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelove Posted July 16, 2014 at 02:41 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 at 02:41 PM Actually primarily an Adobe project, I believe. They're pretty nice - better than the old Google open-source CJK font DroidSansFallback, not quite as pretty as top-flight commercial Hei fonts like FZLanTingHei or (the one we use in Pleco) XinGothic - and we've actually already added them as downloadable options for our next iOS update if people want to try them out, so you'll shortly be able to play with them in Pleco. Their metrics seem to be bugged on Android at the moment, so attempting to use them on Android leaves you with giant gaps between lines, but this should hopefully be addressed soon. Added: It's close enough to XinGothic that we're actually thinking about piecing together rare characters not in XinGothic using it (since it's open-source and can therefore easily be remixed), so that you'll no longer have big ugly fallback Song-style characters in the middle of dictionary entries / character component breakdowns / etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedwards Posted July 16, 2014 at 03:16 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 at 03:16 PM This is good news, it's been challenging at times finding decent fonts, especially for folks early on that can't read enough Chinese to be able to buy fonts off taobao. I hope they add the fonts to Android in the near future. Those are rather nice. I'll have to see about installing them right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted July 16, 2014 at 04:53 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 at 04:53 PM Pretty good, I think. Not as good at Founder LanTingHei (or Microsoft YaHei), but the HanT version is better than Microsoft JhengHei, only because the latter is so terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 16, 2014 at 09:32 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 at 09:32 PM Will we see these fonts trickle down as it were in to the apps and software I am already using in updates/upgrades or will i have to go and actively add them to my systems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted July 17, 2014 at 12:29 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 12:29 AM I like their look and just now dowloaded the Simplifed bundle. They are stored in a temp folder and I have located it. What do I do next to be able to use them in writing and reading Chinese text? (Windows 7 OS, Firefox browser, and I use MS Word to write Chinese documents.) Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted July 17, 2014 at 03:33 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 03:33 AM In Windows, fonts are usually stored in Windows/Fonts. Or you can right click the font file and click "Install". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted July 17, 2014 at 03:44 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 03:44 AM See here: http://www.adobe.com/products/type/install-instructions.html#subtitle Right-click the selected fonts and choose "Install." The fonts are now installed and will appear in the font menus of your applications. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted July 17, 2014 at 04:12 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 04:12 AM After font installation you may need to restart the application before it will display the new font. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted July 19, 2014 at 02:41 AM Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 at 02:41 AM Got it. Thanks. Noto medium 500 is very readable. Sample below. Like it a lot and have set it as my default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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