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Free Japanese Gothic/Mincho Fonts
Free Japanese Gothic/Mincho Fonts
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== Description ==
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This package contains fonts published by Wataru Horai (horaiwataru at sourceforge.jp). It contains Gothic and Mincho styles in 18 variants total (Ume Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume P Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume UI Gothic Original, O5; Ume Mincho Original, S3; Ume P Mincho Original, S3). In addition to Latin, Greek and Cyrilics scripts it provides Hiragana, Katakana and CJK. These fonts are suitable for easy on-screen legibility.
This package contains fonts published by Wataru Horai. It contains Gothic and Mincho styles in 18 variants total (Ume Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume P Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume UI Gothic Original, O5; Ume Mincho Original, S3; Ume P Mincho Original, S3). In addition to Latin, Greek and Cyrilics scripts it provides Hiragana, Katakana and CJK. These fonts are suitable for easy on-screen legibility.
 
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== Characteristics ==
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    ‣ we prefer modern TTF or OTF fonts,
      ⇒ http://www.myanmarnlp.net.mm/doc/Workshop%20on%20Myanmar%20Unicode%20Font_2005-12-16/Presentations/Myanmar%20OpenType%20Font%2020051215.ppt
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== Caveats ==
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# It has its own license so it must be reviewed by legal.
# It has its own license so it must be reviewed by legal.


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One of these fonts is used in ufo-ai which bundles it in its data package. Providing this fontpackage allows unbundling it. These fonts are packaged in Debian as [https://packages.debian.org/sid/fonts-horai-umefont fonts-horai-umefont].
One of these fonts is used in ufo-ai which bundles it in its data package. Providing this fontpackage allows unbundling it. These fonts are packaged in Debian as [https://packages.debian.org/sid/fonts-horai-umefont fonts-horai-umefont].
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Revision as of 17:43, 22 January 2016

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Free Japanese Gothic/Mincho Fonts

Description

This package contains fonts published by Wataru Horai. It contains Gothic and Mincho styles in 18 variants total (Ume Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume P Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume UI Gothic Original, O5; Ume Mincho Original, S3; Ume P Mincho Original, S3). In addition to Latin, Greek and Cyrilics scripts it provides Hiragana, Katakana and CJK. These fonts are suitable for easy on-screen legibility.

Characteristics

Homepage Format & features License Review reference Koji page pkgdb page
https://osdn.jp/projects/ume-font/ TTF umefont 1301144


Style Faces Scripts
Sans Serif Other R B I BI Other Latin Greek Cyrillic Other
Variable Monospace Variable Monospace
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Caveats

  1. It has its own license so it must be reviewed by legal.

=> "Copyright only" chosen as substitution:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/VEPUXYCFJG6XSLPJHDBDH5NUXSWAEH2I/


Additional information

One of these fonts is used in ufo-ai which bundles it in its data package. Providing this fontpackage allows unbundling it. These fonts are packaged in Debian as fonts-horai-umefont.



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