Ming typefaces

Ming typefaces
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese明體
Simplified Chinese明体
Literal meaningMing typeface
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmíng tǐ
Bopomofoㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧˇ
Wade–Gilesming2 ti3
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingming4 tai2
Southern Min
Tâi-lôbîng-thé
Song
Traditional Chinese宋體
Simplified Chinese宋体
Literal meaningSong typeface
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinsòng tǐ
Bopomofoㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ
Wade–Gilessung4 t‘i3
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsung3 tai2
Korean name
Hangul명조체
Hanja明朝體
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationMyeongjoche
Japanese name
Kanji明朝体
Kanaみんちょうたい
Transcriptions
RomanizationMinchōtai
A page from a Ming dynasty edition of the Book of Qi

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.