However, emphasis points are – at least to my knowledge – used only rarely and it may be difficult to typeset them depending on the software you use. For emphasis of single words, you could use a heavier font (粗体, bold) or you could use emphasis points, which are small dots placed under (or in vertical typography to the right of) the relevant characters. However, switching between fonts is probably only a good idea if you start a new paragraph, because it may be difficult for the reader to recognise the font change. Chinese characters have been created into many font styles in the long history, such as official script, running script, regular script and other standard computer font styles. The fonts below are „Songti SC“ (which I like better than the older „STSong“), „Kaiti SC“ and „STFangsong“ that all ship with the current macOS and are designed by Changzhou SinoType Technology Co., Ltd.įrom top to bottom: Songti, Kaiti, Fangsongti. Custom preview Size Chinese Asian Style by JSH creates in Foreign look > Chinese, Jpn 81,776 downloads (1 yesterday) Free for personal use Download Donate to author Chinese Asian Style. So, it is actually up to you to choose a nice combination. Find & Download the most popular Chinese Style Font Vectors on Freepik Free for commercial use High Quality Images Made for Creative Projects. To my knowledge, a Kaiti style is used more often than Fangsongti in Chinese printed matter (at least in books).Īll these styles are available from very different vendors. I personally like the latter, but because the Kaiti style is heavier, it will be probably more likely be perceived as different than the Fangsongti style which is not that heavy.

Given that you main body font is 宋体 (Songti, the equivalent to a serif font for Latin characters probably), it is a good idea to use another style like 楷体 (Kaiti) or 仿宋体 (Fangsongti). Download Donate to author Chinese Asian Style.ttf Note of the author You may use this version of 'Chinese Asian Style' for personal use only but if you wish to use it commercially you will need to purchase a license. Of course, it is possible to slant characters, but – as you state – this is not a very professional solution.

Chinese script has no concept of “italics”.

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