Yu-Minchotai was developed around the key concept of “Creating a typeface for composing novels.” Hardback and paperback novels are the target use. Yu-Minchotai combines modern style kanji (ideographic) characters with consistent visual sizes and standard traditional kana characters, which is rarely seen in other typefaces.
Jiyukobo was established in 1989. It has been developing high-quality typefaces for a wide range of businesses, including SCREEN’s Hiragino Fonts; Yu-Minchotai and Yu-Gothic under Jiyukobo’s own brand, both used in macOS and Windows; as well as Dainippon Printing’s Shueitai and Toppan Printing’s Toppan Bunkyutai. Jiyukobo has worked consistently to both preserve and drive forward Japan’s typographic culture. In 2019, it became a member of the Morisawa group.
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How to Use
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Desktop
In application font menus, this font will display:
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font-family: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.family.css_font_stack.replace('"', '').replace('",', ', ')}};
font-style: italicnormal;
font-weight: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.font.web.weight}};
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