Unicode fonts for Japanese

Question

I am creating a game. I have some UI with text. Recently we wanted to add Japanese language version but I have problem with fonts. I use stb_freetype to rasterize fonts and I su

Answer 1

The file size is not the only reason to avoid redistributing Microsoft technology to Linux or Mac!

1.Does Janapese fonts have different typefaces? I mean, Western fonts have serif, sans-serif or more exotic versions. Does this apply also to Asian fonts?

CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) fonts do have different typefaces. Some fonts are more caligraphic and others are more plain. It is roughly analogous to the difference between san-serif and serif. (There is no notion of italics or bold in CJK fonts. I understand that there are conventions for expressing emphasis, but I don't recall what they are.)

You can see these font differences on Windows by comparing Arial Unicode MS with MingLiU or MS Mincho. The Arial version is very "plain" in both Latin characters and CJK idiographs.

As with Latin characters, I believe the distinction in typefaces is purely for visual appeal, and does not strongly imply any difference in meaning.

I can not help you with your second question.