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 4–1 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`	R	PCF(12,14,16,20,24)		JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0201–1976
`ricoh hg gothic b`	R	PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24)	RICOH	JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0201–1976
`ricoh hg mincho l`	R	PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24)	RICOH	JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0201–1976
`ricoh gothic`	R	PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24)	RICOH	JIS X 0212–1990, JIS X 0213:2004
`ricoh mincho`	R	PCF(10,12,14,16,18,20,24)	RICOH	JIS X 0212–1990, JIS X 0213:2004
`ricoh heiseimin`	R	PCF(12,14,16,18,20,24)	RICOH	JIS X 0212–1990

Japanese TrueType fonts are described in the following table.

Table 4–2 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 hg gothicb sun`	Fixed, Proportional	TrueType	RICOH	JIS X 0201–176, JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0213–2004
`ricoh hg minchol sun`	Fixed, Proportional	TrueType	RICOH	JIS X 0201–1976, JIS X 0208–1983, JIS X 0213–2004
`ricoh heiseimin`	Fixed	TrueType	RICOH	JIS X 0212–1990