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Introduction

Chinese languages/dialects are written using Han Ideographs. Chinese populations outside China did not adopt the writing reforms implemented by mainland China in the 1950s. Therefore they continue to use the traditional variety of writing called fantizi (繁体字), which means "complex writing". This traditional writing is used in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities. Simplified writing is used in Singapore and most of China.

Font Samples

font sample * font information
Sample of Adobe Ming Std L at 26pt Adobe Ming Std L    [ show all samples ]  (AdobeMingStd-Light.otf from running alf_cht.exe)
Source: Free download from Adobe Reader 7.0 font packs. The fonts aren't automatically installed in Windows' "Fonts" folder but can probably be found in the "Resource\CIDFont" subdirectory of whichever directory Adobe Reader 7.0 was installed in (for example C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0).
Stats: Version 1.003 ... has 18,965 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian, expanded spacing), Greek (expanded spacing), Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Cyrillic, Greek, Han Ideographic, Kana, Latin
Sample of AR PL New Sung at 26pt AR PL New Sung    [ show all samples ]  (fireflysung.ttf from fireflysung-1.3.0.tar.gz)
Note: Also known as "Firefly", this truetype font has embedded, screen-optimized bitmap glyphs for every size from 11 to 16 pixels for better resolution at small sizes. See the "East Asia" section at unifont.org for details.
Source: Free download from Study Area.
Stats: Version 1.3.0 has 17,378 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs... or they might be Jiantizi/Simplified, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: default, Han (default, Chinese/ZHT)
Sample of AR PL ZenKai Uni and AR PL ZenKai Uni MBE at 24pt AR PL ZenKai Uni and AR PL ZenKai Uni MBE    [ show all samples ]  (ukai.ttf from ttf-arphic-ukai_0.0.date-x.tar.gz and ukaimbe.ttf from ttf-arphic-ukai-mbe_0.0.date-x.tar.gz)
Note: The "MBE" version of this font uses glyphs for Modern Bopomofo Extensions (developed by Mr. Yang Qing-Chu) instead of the Bopomofo Extended glyphs shown in the Unicode Standard. The MBE variants are considered easier to read and write.
Source: Free download from debian.linux.org.tw.
Stats: Version 1.0 has 18,509 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs including Extension A, Bopomofo including Extended), Cyrillic (Russian plus some additional letters, expanded spacing), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin, Vietnamese
OpenType Layout Tables: Default, Han Ideographic, Latin
Sample of CERG Chinese Font at 26pt CERG Chinese Font    [ show all samples ]  (cerg_chi.ttf from cerg_chi.zip)
Note: Also has significant coverage of mathematical characters.
Source: Free download from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
Stats: Version 3.01 has 36,701 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs including Extension A), Cyrillic (all or most of range), Greek, Latin, Vietnamese
OpenType Layout Tables: Han Ideographic (default, Chinese/ZHT)
Sample of HanWangCC02 at 26pt HanWangCC02    [ show all samples ]  (wtcc02.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangCC15 at 26pt HanWangCC15    [ show all samples ]  (wtcc15.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangFangSongMedium at 26pt HanWangFangSongMedium    [ show all samples ]  (wt024.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangGB06 at 26pt HanWangGB06    [ show all samples ]  (wthc06.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangGSolid06cut1 at 26pt HanWangGSolid06cut1    [ show all samples ]  (wtg-06cut1x.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangHeiHeavy at 26pt HanWangHeiHeavy    [ show all samples ]  (wt014.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangHeiLight at 26pt HanWangHeiLight    [ show all samples ]  (wt011.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangKaiMediumChuIn at 18pt HanWangKaiMediumChuIn    [ show all samples ]  (wp010-08.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangKanDaYan at 26pt HanWangKanDaYan    [ show all samples ]  (wt028.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangKanTan at 26pt HanWangKanTan    [ show all samples ]  (wt034.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangLiSuMedium at 26pt HanWangLiSuMedium    [ show all samples ]  (wt021.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangMing <em>fonts</em> at 26pt HanWangMing fonts    [ show all samples ]
Fonts shown:
  1. HanWangMingLight (wt001.ttf)
  2. HanWangMingMedium (wt002.ttf)
  3. HanWangMingBold(wt003.ttf)
  4. HanWangMingHeavy (wt004.ttf)

Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangMingBlack at 26pt HanWangMingBlack    [ show all samples ]  (wt005.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangMingMediumChuIn at 18pt HanWangMingMediumChuIn    [ show all samples ]  (wp010-05.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangShinSuMedium at 26pt HanWangShinSuMedium    [ show all samples ]  (wt071.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL01 at 26pt HanWangWCL01    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-01.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL02 at 26pt HanWangWCL02    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-02.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL03 at 26pt HanWangWCL03    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-03.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL04 at 26pt HanWangWCL04    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-04.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL05 at 26pt HanWangWCL05    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-05.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL06 at 26pt HanWangWCL06    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-06.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL07 at 26pt HanWangWCL07    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-07.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL08 at 26pt HanWangWCL08    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-08.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL09 at 26pt HanWangWCL09    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-09.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangWCL10 at 26pt HanWangWCL10    [ show all samples ]  (WCL-10.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of HanWangYanKai at 26pt HanWangYanKai    [ show all samples ]  (wt064.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangYen <em>fonts</em> at 26pt HanWangYen fonts    [ show all samples ]
Fonts shown:
  1. HanWangYenHeavy (wt009.ttf)
  2. HanWangYenLight (wt006.ttf)

Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of HanWangZonYi at 26pt HanWangZonYi    [ show all samples ]  (wt040.ttf)
Source: Free download from the Xinzhu County website.
Stats: Version 1.3 has 14,148 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of Ming(for ISO10646) at 26pt Ming(for ISO10646)    [ show all samples ]  (ming_uni.ttf from uime.exe archive)
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Source: Free download of "Reference Font & Input Software" from Digital 21.
Stats: Version 2.10 has 35,788 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Cyrillic (Russian), Greek, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin
Sample of MingLiU and PMingLiU at 26pt MingLiU and PMingLiU    [ show all samples ]  (mingliu.ttc)
Source: Comes with Microsoft's Windows 2000 & Windows XP. Also part of the free "Chinese (Traditional) Language Pack" from Microsoft. Easiest way to find the download is to search Microsoft's site for ie_zht.exe.
Stats: Version 3.21 has 22,753 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek (expanded spacing), Japanese (Hiragana & Katakana only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Han Ideographic (default, Chinese)
Sample of TSC FMing S TT at 26pt TSC FMing S TT    [ show all samples ]  (cfmingeb.ttf)
Note: May require a reboot before the font is usable.
Source: Available via FTP from cle.linux.org.tw.
Stats: Version 2.10 has 14,799 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
Sample of UWCXMF (Big 5) at 26pt UWCXMF (Big 5)    [ show all samples ]  (UWCXMF.ttf)
Source: Included with installation of the free trial version of AsianSuite X2/2000/97 from UnionWay.
Stats: Version 1.00 has 15,233 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Chinese (Fantizi/Traditional Han Ideographs, Bopomofo), Greek, Latin
 

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