xiaojiang216 Posted January 15, 2006 at 09:29 PM Report Posted January 15, 2006 at 09:29 PM 大家好! Does anyone know of a place to download Chinese fonts? Also, would they be compatible with a computer running on an English version of Windows XP? Also, how do you say fonts in Chinese? I remember reading 字体 somewhere... But then again... This could be one of my many misunderstandings. Quote
self-taught-mba Posted January 15, 2006 at 10:18 PM Report Posted January 15, 2006 at 10:18 PM 字体 is correct, also have seen [pop=font/zìxíng]字形[/pop] the definitive guide to font which has more than you could ever want: http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/china.html I love these ones: http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/edv/sinopc/chinese_fonts.htm & these: http://www.sj00.com/sort/2_1.htm Others: http://www.sinosplice.com/chinese/fonts/ http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/chinese.html http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/altfonts.html SMALL DIRECTORY With fonts ya just gotta play with 'em to see if they work. Some need to be installed with default language set to Chinese, but then can still work later. Good luck Quote
imron Posted January 15, 2006 at 11:18 PM Report Posted January 15, 2006 at 11:18 PM Wow, there are some really neat fonts there... I particularly like this one http://www.sj00.com/soft/800.htm which I can see as being a useful way of practising to recognise handwriting. Quote
xiaojiang216 Posted January 16, 2006 at 12:59 AM Author Report Posted January 16, 2006 at 12:59 AM Yeah, I tried to download the handwriting fonts on that website.. But for some reason I cannot download them. Does anyone know of a website with any other handwriting fonts? Sorry to be so bothersome... Quote
self-taught-mba Posted January 16, 2006 at 01:00 AM Report Posted January 16, 2006 at 01:00 AM Wow, there are some really neat fonts there... I particularly like this one http://www.sj00.com/soft/800.htm . Yeah those are some of my favorites Quote
xiaojiang216 Posted January 16, 2006 at 01:18 AM Author Report Posted January 16, 2006 at 01:18 AM Yeah, this was the one I was having trouble downloading... Quote
imron Posted January 16, 2006 at 01:42 AM Report Posted January 16, 2006 at 01:42 AM Well, I managed to download it, but then windows tells me it's not a valid font file. I'm running under English XP, with the Chinese MUI installed. Other fonts I've downloaded work fine enough, so I wonder if it's just a bad file? Has anyone else managed to get this font installed? Quote
imron Posted January 16, 2006 at 02:06 AM Report Posted January 16, 2006 at 02:06 AM ok, I just found another place to download it from, and it works fine http://font.cnzz.cn/font/html/2863.html. Seeing the font in use, the only problem I have is that it spaces all the characters to be the same size - which is not necessarily a problem except that it leaves a lot of white space surrounding the characters making the font look a lot more spaced out than I'd prefer. It's still a nice font though Quote
Vancouver exPat Posted January 16, 2006 at 11:19 PM Report Posted January 16, 2006 at 11:19 PM If you have a Windows XP (operating system) disc, you can install the fonts from that. It should contain all the fonts you really need. I used to be a software tester for localization and found that this is the best way. Quote
self-taught-mba Posted January 17, 2006 at 07:21 AM Report Posted January 17, 2006 at 07:21 AM If you have a Windows XP (operating system) disc, you can install the fonts from that. It should contain all the fonts you really need Original poster was typing Chinese so I assume he already has the XP fonts/setup. Besides XP only has some really blah, boring fonts. We want the fun, pretty ones!!! (Especially those of us that appreciate the beauty of characters without having the ability to write them or at least write them above a 2nd grader's level ) Quote
adrianlondon Posted January 17, 2006 at 11:28 AM Report Posted January 17, 2006 at 11:28 AM I downloaded and installed the fonts from http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/edv/sinopc/chinese_fonts.htm Thanks self-taught-mba! They look lovely. Yes, XP already has some chinese fonts, but they're all dull and rubbish. Imagine if all you had to work with was "Courier New" and "System" :-) I didn't bother with the "set your default language to Chinese" stuff on the web page; it's a normal XP installation (with E Asian Language Support, obivously) set to English (UK). The fonts installed fine and work well in MS Office. However, I use Thunderbird for emailing and it won't allow me to select any of the new fonts. I think it's because they only have "chinese" names (in unicode). Anyone know of a fix? My only mandarin practice is in emailing some friends I met (when in Beijing or online) in China. And I want to use my lovely new fonts. Yeah, I could write the email in Word and attach it,but ... Quote
stephanhodges Posted January 17, 2006 at 01:37 PM Report Posted January 17, 2006 at 01:37 PM Does it work if you rename the font? I googled with "Rename font XP" and found a collection of programs at http://www.cdrom.com/category.php%5Bid%5D120%5BSiteID%5Dsimtel.net A couple programs that stand out: 1) Utility to show fonts and names under different locales: http://www.cdrom.com/product.php[id]88691[cid]120[siteID]simtel.net 2) Font rename utility (freeware, but I haven't tried it yet) 91945[cid]120[siteID]simtel.net"]http://www.cdrom.com/product.php[id]91945[cid]120[siteID]simtel.net Also, if the names are embedded within the font files, a hex editor could be used to change it... Quote
adrianlondon Posted January 17, 2006 at 01:47 PM Report Posted January 17, 2006 at 01:47 PM I googled for something similar. The second program renames the font files to match the name of the font. I think the name of the font itself is also in Chinese. The part where it says "Characters that cannot be used in file names will be replaced or removed" worries me Still, I've got nothing to lose (as can work on a copy of the font files) so I'll give it a shot when I get home, as it's my home PC that has the fonts. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks! Quote
stephanhodges Posted January 17, 2006 at 06:30 PM Report Posted January 17, 2006 at 06:30 PM It didn't work for me (the rename). I think you'll have to use a hex editor on the file and change it internally or else a font editor. Quote
Lugubert Posted February 13, 2006 at 02:52 PM Report Posted February 13, 2006 at 02:52 PM Imron wrote, I particularly like this one http://www.sj00.com/soft/800.htm which I can see as being a useful way of practising to recognise handwriting. So, by some lucky (?) guessing, I managed to download a .rar file. How do I proceed? Quote
imron Posted February 13, 2006 at 11:33 PM Report Posted February 13, 2006 at 11:33 PM Just posted an answer to this question in a more recent thread. Also, I should point out that when I downloaded the font from that location, it didn't work - I can't remember if it was the RAR file that was corrupt or the font file. However the same font can be found here, and this file does work. Quote
Lugubert Posted February 13, 2006 at 11:53 PM Report Posted February 13, 2006 at 11:53 PM I found a utility to handle the .rar stuff, and the font works! Thanks. Quote
imron Posted July 26, 2007 at 07:22 AM Report Posted July 26, 2007 at 07:22 AM While recently doing some font hunting, I came across this repository of free fonts. There are some interesting ones in there, see attached pictures for samples. Quote
youpii Posted July 27, 2007 at 02:49 PM Report Posted July 27, 2007 at 02:49 PM here are some more: http://font.85888.com/ http://www.xfbbs.com/Font/ http://www.3lian.com/ziti/zt1/index.html Quote
piggy001 Posted August 15, 2007 at 09:54 PM Report Posted August 15, 2007 at 09:54 PM Thanks for a great resource for fonts... many of them looks very nice. I was able to get them kinda working. One problem that I notice is that many of the fonts would not work with some simplified or traditional characters. I'm using word 2007 and Vista (both English version), if that makes any difference. Is that expected? The nice thing about the fonts that comes with windows is that it will display either. Is there some settings that I'm missing? or some way to tell which font is "traditional" or "simplified" only? Thanks. Quote
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