Category | Sans-serif |
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Classification | East Asian gothic typeface |
Designer(s) | Qi Li (chief designer for ideograms) |
Commissioned by | Microsoft |
Foundry | Founder Electronics, Monotype Imaging (hinting) |
Date created | 1997-07-18 |
Trademark | Microsoft |
Microsoft YaHei (Chinese: 微软雅黑; pinyin: Wēiruǎn Yǎhēi) is a sans-serif gothic typeface created by Founder Electronics and Monotype Corporation under commission from Microsoft. Hinting for the font was undertaken by Monotype Imaging.[1] The CJK ideographic characters were designed by the Founder Electronics foundry's senior designer, Li Qi (齐立).[2][3]