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  2. Japanese calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Japanese calligraphy (書道, shodō), also called shūji (習字), is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. Written Japanese was originally based on Chinese characters only , but the advent of the hiragana and katakana Japanese syllabaries resulted in intrinsically Japanese calligraphy styles.

  3. List of CJK fonts - Wikipedia

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    Distributed with the Japanese version of Windows 3.1 or later, some versions of Internet Explorer 3 Japanese Font Pack, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office v.X to 2004. MS PMincho MS P明朝: Microsoft Distributed in the Japanese version of Windows 95 or later, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2004. Kochi Mincho: 東風明朝

  4. East Asian typography - Wikipedia

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    [3] [better source needed] Japanese type foundries invented Gothic typefaces inspired by Latin sans-serif fonts, as well as variations of the Ming typeface. Japanese typefaces influenced type design across China and Japan. [4] Also, the emergence of newspapers in the 19th century made movable type a worthwhile investment. [3]

  5. Edomoji - Wikipedia

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    Edomoji (Japanese: 江戸文字, えどもじ) (or edo-moji) are Japanese typefaces invented for advertising during the Edo period.The main styles of edomoji are chōchinmoji, found on paper lanterns outside restaurants; higemoji, used to label kakigōri and drinks like ramune and sake; kagomoji, literally "cage letters"; kakuji, a thick and rectangular seal script; kanteiryū, often used on ...

  6. Cursive script (East Asia) - Wikipedia

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    Cursive script (Chinese: 草書, 草书, cǎoshū; Japanese: 草書体, sōshotai; Korean: 초서, choseo; Vietnamese: thảo thư), often referred to as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the regular script. [1]

  7. Mojikyō - Wikipedia

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    The Mojikyō fonts (文字鏡フォント) are TrueType fonts that come in a ZIP file and are each around 2–5 megabytes; the different fonts contain different numbers of characters. [ note 3 ] Also included is a Windows executable that implements a graphical character map , the " Mojikyō Character Map" ( 文字鏡MAP ), MOCHRMAP .EXE .

  8. Meiryo - Wikipedia

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    The font name comes from the Japanese word meiryō [meːɾʲoː], which means "clarity", referring to ClearType making text written in Meiryo appear clearer on the screen. The Japanese spelling メイリオ is taken from the English pronunciation / ˈ m eɪ r i. oʊ /; the actual Japanese spelling in katakana is メイリョウ.

  9. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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    Many East Asian scripts can be written horizontally or vertically. Chinese characters, Korean hangul, and Japanese kana may be oriented along either axis, as they consist mainly of disconnected logographic or syllabic units, each occupying a square block of space, thus allowing for flexibility for which direction texts can be written, be it horizontally from left-to-right, horizontally from ...