Naming conventions for CJK fonts

This section shows the naming conventions for CJK outline font character sets, CJK full-width fonts, and CJK half-width fonts.

CJK outline font character sets

The naming convention format for CJK outline font character sets is CZxxxx, where:

CZ
AFP outline character set prefix
xxxx
Language and typeface:
JHKG
Japanese Heisei Kaku Gothic
JHMG
Japanese Heisei Maru Gothic
JHMN
Japanese Heisei Mincho
HKG2
Korean Gothic
HSM2
Korean Myengjo
SFSG
Simplified Chinese Fang Song (GB)
SHEI
Simplified Chinese Hei (GB18030)
SKAI
Simplified Chinese Kai (GB)
SSNG
Simplified Chinese Song (GB18030)
TKAI
Traditional Chinese Kai
TSNG
Traditional Chinese Sung

CJK full-width fonts

The next table illustrates the naming convention for CJK full-width fonts.

Naming convention for CJK full-width fonts

This graphic shows the naming convention for the CJK full-width fonts.
    Note:
  1. Full Hangul: Korean Industrial Standard Code for information interchange (Hangul and Hanja) KSC 5700-199.
  2. KS: Korean Industrial Standard Code for information interchange (Hangul and Hanja) KSC 5601-1989.
  3. GB: Code of Chinese Graphic Character Set for Information Interchange GB 2312-80.
  4. GB18030: Code of Chinese Graphic Character Set for Information Interchange GB 18030-2000.

CJK half-width fonts

The next figure illustrates the naming convention for the CJK half-width fonts.

Naming convention for CJK half-width fonts

This graphic shows the naming convention for the CJK half-width fonts.