
Basic Concepts and Terminology FAQ
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Western typography commonly uses serif, sans serif, and script typeface styles. Table 1-14
lists the common CJKV typeface styles, along with correspondences across locales.
Western versus CJKV typeface stylesTable 1-14.
Western Chinese
a
Japanese Korean
Serif
b
Ming (明體 míngtǐ )
Song ( sòngtǐ )
Mincho ( minchōtai) Batang ( batang)
c
Sans serif
Hei ( hēitǐ ) Gothic ( goshikkutai) Dotum ( dotum)
d
Script
Kai ( kǎitǐ ) Kaisho ( kaishotai)
Gyosho ( gyōshotai)
Sosho ( sōshotai)
Haeseo (/
haeseoche)
Haengseo (/
haengseoche)
Choseo (/
choseoche)
Other
Fangsong ( fǎngsòngtǐ ) Kyokasho ( kyōkashotai)
Replace a. with 體 in these typeface style names for Traditional Chinese.
The convention has been that Ming is used for Traditional Chinese, and Song is used for Simplied Chinese.b.
In the mid-1990s, the Korean Ministry of Culture specied this term, replacing c. Myeongjo (/ myeongjoche).
In the mid-1990s, the Korean Ministry of Culture specied this term, replacing d. Gothic (/ godikche).
Table 1-14 by no means constitutes a complete list of CJKV typeface styles—there are nu-
merous typeface styles for hangul, for example. To provide a sample of typeface variation
within a locale, consider the four basic typeface styles used for Chinese, as illustrated in
Table 1-15.
Chinese typeface styles—examplesTable ...