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Ming typefaces | |||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 明體 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 明体 | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Ming typeface | ||||||||||||||||||
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Song | |||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 宋體 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 宋体 | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Song typeface | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 명조체 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 明朝體 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 明朝体 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kana | みんちょうたい | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ming or Song is a category of typefaces used to display Chinese characters, which are used in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. They are currently the most common style of type in print for Chinese and Japanese. For Japanese and Korean text, they are commonly called Mincho and Myeongjo typefaces respectively.