![]() ![]() Online, the first requirement is that text be easily read. There is minimal variation in stroke thickness apart from the endings, and none at all on the diagonal strokes making skim-reading easy. Ming/Song fonts resemble a neat and consistent version of calligraphy, and are characterized by thin, level horizontal strokes with serif, and similar thin and straight vertical strokes with a small initial serif to the right or sometimes to both sides. In print, most publications adhere to the industry standard Ming/Song style for copy, while using something experimental or calligraphic for headlines. Just as Arial, Gill Sans and Helvetica are examples of sans serif, within the Ming/Song category you'd find Microsoft's SimSun and Arphic's varieties. Every font falls under one of these categories. Ming/Song describes those with serif, Hei those without, and Kai describes standard calligraphic script. Then consider, that even in simplified Mandarin, some characters are extremely complex, involving a high density of strokes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Variables include the spacing between strokes, as well as their angle, thickness, length and style (i.e. So in static form, in print or online, a font needs to express the sequencing, direction and overall fluidity of a character’s stroke-order. ![]()
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