Font Fangsong_gb2312 Font
Fangsong Gb2312
We have received a drawing from a Chinese firm that uses the font 'FANGSongGB2312.ttf' that we do not have. I searched Microsoft's support page and it stated that the font comes with Windows XP and 2000 but may not have been installed depending on the options chosen when the operating system was installed (We use Windows XP Pro). Our IT personnel have not been able to resolve the issue and believe that Microsofts web page is incorrect. I sent a request for a copy of the font to the files originator but with timing and translation issues it will probably be a couple of days before I get any response. Would anyone be able to zip up and attach a copy of the FangSongGB2312.ttf font? Microsofts web site says that it is packaged in the Simfang.ttf file.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
@LeoLiu Your previous answer works for me too. I think it's because of Han Nom that we're having problems.
The OP needs Han Nom since he's working with ancient text that involves high codepoint CJK (and prefers free fonts), which aren't available in Adobe's fonts (which seem to be simplified only or traditional only). Currently xeCJK allows only 1 level of fallback, so if using Adobe's fonts, we can't go 'use Adobe simplified font; then fall back on traditional font; then fall back on rare i.e. High codepoints font'. – Apr 30 '12 at 7:29. No, there are very few free (either freedom or free of charge) Chinese fonts available. The Japanese fonts, like Hanazono (花園) fonts, are not suitable for serious Chinese document, since some of the glyphs do not meet the standard of (both simplified and traditional) Chinese. The simplified Chinese Linux community today often use these fonts:.
Several fonts freely contributed by:. AR PL SungtiL GB (文鼎 PL 简报宋). AR PL KaitiM GB (文鼎 PL 中楷).
AR PLBaosong2GBK Light (文鼎 PL 报宋二 GBK) these fonts are free, and have been converted to PostScript Type1 format and contributed as part of the package on CTAN. Several fonts contributed by:. WenQuanYi Zen Hei (文泉驿正黑). WenQuanYi Micro Hei (文泉驿微米黑) However, these fonts are too few and still not good enough for publishing. Some Linux users have to use commercial fonts from Mac OS X (常州华文 fonts) and Windows (中易中标 fonts, Founder Type fonts etc.), or other commercial fonts from Adobe, Monotype, etc.
The most common used Chinese TeX distribution is CTeX suite on Windows, so ctex package and zhmetrics configured some Windows fonts. These commercial fonts by 中易中标 are actualy widely used:. SimSun (宋体). SimHei (黑体).
KaiTi (楷体, GB18030 charset) or KaiTiGB2312 (GB2312 charset). FangSong (仿宋, GB18030 charset) or FangSongGB2312 (GB2312 charset). YouYuan (幼圆). LiSu (隶书).