- Chinese Font For Windows 10
- Free Traditional Chinese Fonts For Mac
- Traditional Chinese Fonts For Macs
- Traditional Chinese Fonts For Microsoft Word
For best results, use these recommended fonts: Simplified Chinese: PingFang SC. Traditional Chinese for Taiwan: PingFang TC. Traditional Chinese for Hong Kong and Macau: PingFang HK. Korean: Apple SD Gothic Neo. Japanese: Hiragino Sans (sans serif) or Hiragino Mincho (serif).
- As you may have already surmised, Chinese font names are often prefixed with the name of the foundry. Fonts that being with “HY” are made by Han Yi. Fonts which begin with “FZ” are made by Fangzheng. Fonts beginning with “MF” are the work of Makefont, etc. Yes, You Have to License Chinese Fonts.
- A sans serif typeface with 7 styles, available from Adobe Fonts for sync and web use. Adobe Fonts is the easiest way to bring great type into your workflow, wherever you are. For information regarding other uses of Source Han Sans Traditional Chinese, see copyright and license details for Source Han Sans TW ExtraLight, Source Han Sans TW.
Chinese and Cantonese Input Method User Guide
If you have a trackpad, you can use the Trackpad to write Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters, punctuation, and emoji with your finger. You can also use the Handwriting - Cantonese input source to write Cantonese, punctuation, and emoji with your finger. As you write Chinese or Cantonese, macOS learns your word choices and presents you with more accurate options in the Candidate bar.
After you set up a Handwriting input source, when the Trackpad Handwriting window is active, macOS recognizes strokes as you draw them on the trackpad. The window shows matching characters and punctuation symbols in a single row on top, with the closest match in the upper-left corner.
On your Mac, click the Input menu in the menu bar, then choose the Handwriting input source you added. Optionally, press Control-Shift-Space bar.
If your Mac has a Touch Bar, and you customized the Control Strip by adding the Handwriting button , tap the button to open the Trackpad Handwriting window. To learn how to change the Control Strip, see Customize the Touch Bar.
Note: When the Trackpad Handwriting window is open, you can’t see or move the pointer on the screen. To use the pointer without closing the window, press the Esc (Escape) key.
In an app, click where you want the characters to appear in a document (so you see the insertion point).
Use your finger to draw a character or a punctuation symbol on the trackpad.
You can draw as many characters as you can fit in the Trackpad Handwriting window. Stroke order doesn’t matter and cursive writing is also supported.
If you draw a Simplified Chinese character while you’re using a Traditional Chinese input source, the candidate bar displays possible corresponding Traditional Chinese characters.
To list commonly used punctuation symbols, quickly tap the trackpad to draw a dot.
Half-width punctuation is marked by the text 半.
To draw emoji, draw the expression surrounded by a circle.
To select a character or symbol that matches your strokes, tap the trackpad in the location that corresponds with where the item appears in the candidate bar (or use the Touch Bar).
If there are more items in the list, scroll the candidate bar by swiping two fingers on the trackpad, then select the best candidate.
If you still don’t see the item you want, tap the Delete button in the upper-right corner of the Trackpad Handwriting window or press the Delete key on the keyboard. Then, try writing the item again. If you have drawn multiple characters, you can delete each one, going from right to left. You can also press and hold the Delete button to clear the entire window.
When you select a candidate, macOS anticipates what you will draw next and presents options in the candidate bar. You can do any of the following:
Select an option from the candidate bar, scrolling as necessary.
Draw your next character or punctuation symbol.
Press the Space bar to add a space.
Press the Return key to begin writing on the next line.
To close the Trackpad Handwriting window, press Control-Shift-Space bar or press Esc twice.
If you use multiple trackpads at the same time (for example, a built-in trackpad and an external trackpad), the Trackpad Handwriting window automatically resizes based on the active trackpad.
Unicode and Multilingual File Conversion, Font and Keyboard Utilities for Macintosh OS X Computers
Introduction
Mac OS X 10 did not originally include support for as many languages and scripts as Mac OS 9. Mac OS X 10.1 supported Central European, Cyrillic and Japanese, and Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese were made available as downloads. Mac OS X 10.2 introduced support for Arabic, Devanagari, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew and Thai scripts. Mac OS X 10.3 introduced support for Armenian, Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and Cherokee scripts.
Character Palette
Character Palette is a character map for Unicode 3.2 (including supplementary planes) that is supplied with Mac OS X 10.2. It is available on the Keyboard menu, not in the Applications folder. Character Palette can arrange characters by Unicode range, or display them in a table. It can show you a catalogue of the characters in a font, and a list of the fonts that contain a selected character. Characters can be inserted into another application by double-clicking them, or by dragging them, or by selecting them and then clicking the “Insert” button.
Yi Syllables from NSimSun-18030, in Character Palette under Mac OS X
Character Palette can also display Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese by radical or by category.
CharView
CharView is a utility that allows you to select Unicode characters from a tabular display and insert them into a document. It is activated by clicking the “C” at the top left of the screen (or a small floating icon). The characters are displayed in a series of tables, with an option to restrict the characters to those in a particular Mac encoding. Pointing at a character enlarges it and displays its hexadecimal code points. The size of the window can be changed by dragging its bottom right corner, and this also zooms the characters.
Latin Extended-B and IPA characters from Gentium, in CharView under Mac OS X
There is an option to insert characters in HTML as numeric character references (e.g. ™).
CharView is produced by ALX Software and costs US $10 to register. More information and an unregistered version (in which not all characters can be selected) are available from the CharView Web page.
Cyclone
Cyclone is a utility that can convert plain text files to and from a variety of Unicode, ISO, Windows, Macintosh and DOS encodings. It is basically a user interface for the Text Encoding Converter (TEC) that is part of the Mac OS X operating system.
For more information and to download a free copy, go to the Cyclone Web site. Cyclone is produced by Tomasz Kukielka.
FontChecker
FontChecker is a utility that allows you to see all of the BMP Unicode characters in any font that works with Mac OS X, including OpenType fonts and the new Data Fork Suitcase fonts. For each character, the Unicode name and HTML, decimal, hexadecimal and UTF-8 codes are displayed. Characters can be dragged into documents in other programs, in either Unicode or UTF-8 encoding.
The Show Font Info... item on the Font menu shows you where the font file is located, and how many characters are present in each Unicode range. Double-click a range, and FontChecker will show you the characters.
FontChecker is shareware, and registration costs US $15.00. For more information and to download a copy, go to the WunderMoosen Mac OS X Products page.
Font Explorer
Font Explorer is a utility that allows you to see all of the BMP Unicode characters in any font that works with Mac OS X, including OpenType fonts and the new Data Fork Suitcase fonts. Single characters and text strings can be copied and pasted into other applications.
Font Explorer is produced by Alexandre Trottier and is freeware. For more information and to download a copy, go to the EasySoft Creations Web site.
Language Kits
Apple does not supply Language Kits for Mac OS X 10, but for some purposes it requires Mac OS 9 Language Kits to be installed. These allow you to view and (in some cases) edit text in WorldScript-aware applications from one or more of the following language families: Arabic (Arabic or Persian), Cyrillic (Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian), Central European (Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak), Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
The Language Kits install fonts, when Mac OS X detects a compatible font from one of the Language Kits it activates a Script Bundle that adds a keyboard and/or extra fonts.
PopChar X
Chinese Font For Windows 10
PopChar X is a utility that allows you to select Unicode characters from a tabular display and insert them into a document. It does not show in the dock, and does not have its own title bar; it is activated by clicking the “P” at the top left of the screen. Clicking the “U” button switches PopChar X into Unicode mode. The characters are displayed in their Unicode ranges. Pointing at a character displays its decimal and hexadecimal code points.
Greek and Cyrillic characters from Lucida Grande, in PopChar X under Mac OS X
There is a menu to allow you to move to any of the supported Unicode ranges.
Unicode range menu in PopChar X, under Mac OS X
There is also an HTML mode, that inserts numeric character references (e.g. ™) or character entity references (e.g. Ø).
PopChar X is produced by Macility and costs US $29 for a single licence. More information and a demonstration version (in which not all characters can be selected) are available from the PopChar X Web page.
Simredo Character Set
Simredo is a Unicode text editor that is written in Java and is intended for use with Windows and Linux, but also runs (with some limitations) under Mac OS X. It includes a Character Set utility (available on the Other Functions menu) that has some cosmetic problems with Mac OS X, but that can display the characters in any font, including Open Type (*.otf) and Data Fork Suitcase (*.dfont) fonts.
Characters from Lucida Grande Data Fork Suitcase font, in Simredo under Mac OS X
The display is divided into 256 pages, each showing 256 positions. The < and > buttons move the display by one page (256 characters); the << and >> buttons move the display by 16 pages (4096 characters).
More information about Simredo and a free download are available from the Simredo 3.3 - Java Unicode Editor Web site.
Ukelele
Ukelele provides a graphical interface for creating or modifying Unicode keyboard layout files for Mac OS X 10.2 onwards. It allows you to start from scratch, or to modify an existing keyboard. Characters can be dragged from the Character Palette, or from other programs that can display the characters that you want to use.
Dragging a Deseret character from the Character Palette to a keyboard layout
More information about Ukelele and a free download are available from the Ukelele — Mac OS X Keyboard Layout Editor Web page.
UnicodeChecker
UnicodeChecker is a utility that provides information about all of the Unicode characters, including the supplementary planes and those characters introduced in version 4. It scans all of the available fonts, and displays the characters for which it finds suitable glyphs. You can search for a character by its name or by its decimal or hexadecimal code point. You can select a Unicode range to display. Characters can be copied or dragged into other applications. You cannot select a font, or view the characters in a particular font.
Characters from the Unicode Gothic range
UnicodeChecker also allows you to identify a character by copying it from another application, pasting it into the Glyph window and pressing Enter.
UnicodeChecker is available for free download from the earthlingsoft Web site.
Unicode Font Info
Unicode Font Info is a character viewer that can show any of the characters in the Unicode BMP for any font that is installed and available to Mac OS X.
Cyrillic characters from Lucida Grande, displayed by Unicode Font Info
The display is divided into 256 pages, each showing 256 positions. From the Navigation window, you can jump to a particular Unicode range or to the next page that contains a character. Characters can be copied from the small Codes window, and pasted into other applications.
Unicode Font Info is produced by Andrew Thompson. More information and a free download are available from the Lord Pixel's Unicode Font Info Web page.
Unicode Keyboards
Free Traditional Chinese Fonts For Mac
Unicode Keyboards for Mac is a Web page that generates Unicode-compatible keyboard layout files for Mac OS X 10 (and Mac OS 9). The page gives instructions on the format of the source text that has to be typed or pasted into a text box. Clicking the “Create Resource” button then generates a file that is downloaded to your Mac.
The Web page includes instructions for installing the keyboard layout file.
Unicode Keyboards for Mac is produced by Alex Eulenberg.
Traditional Chinese Fonts For Macs
Traditional Chinese Fonts For Microsoft Word
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Created 26th December 2001 Last updated 23rd December 2004