International Language Environments Guide

Japanese Fonts

Three Japanese font formats are supported: bitmap, TrueType and Type1. The Japanese Type1 font includes only JIS X 0212 for printing. The Type1 font is also used by UDC.

Japanese bitmap fonts are described in the following table.

Table 4–14 Japanese Bitmap Fonts

Full Family Name 

Subfamily 

Format 

Vendor 

Encoding 

sun gothic

R, B 

PCF(12,14,16,20,24) 

 

JIS X 0208–1983, 

JIS X 0201–1976 

sun minchou

PCF(12,14,16,20,24) 

 

JIS X 0208–1983, 

JIS X 0201–1976 

ricoh hg gothic b

PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24) 

RICOH 

JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0201–1976 

ricoh hg mincho l

PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24) 

RICOH 

JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0201–1976 

ricoh gothic

PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24) 

RICOH 

JIS X 0212–1990, JIS X 0213–2000 

ricoh mincho

PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24) 

RICOH 

JIS X 0212–1990, JIS X 0213–2000 

ricoh heiseimin

PCF(12,14,16,18,20,24) 

RICOH 

JIS X 0212–1990 

Japanese TrueType fonts are described in the following table.

Table 4–15 Japanese TrueType Fonts

Full Family Name 

Subfamily 

Format 

Vendor 

Encoding 

ricoh hg gothic b

Fixed 

TrueType 

RICOH 

JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0201–1976 

ricoh hg mincho l

Fixed 

TrueType 

RICOH 

JIS X 0208–.1983, JIS X 0201–1976 

ricoh gothic

Fixed, Proportional 

TrueType 

RICOH 

JIS X 0201–176, JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0213–2000 

ricoh mincho

Fixed, Proportional 

TrueType 

RICOH 

JIS X 0201–1976, JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0213–2000 

ricoh heiseimin

Fixed 

TrueType 

RICOH 

JIS X 0212–1990