[pyn]

i downloaded some japanese fonts, but the kana is mapped according to japanese keyboard. . is ther an app that can make it not mapped to a keyboard cause it doesn't work when i use the japanese input selected in international preferences...

[OreoCookie]

Are you sure that phonetic input doesn't work? A font is just a font and should have nothing to do with the actual input method.

Do the Japanese fonts which were included with OS X work?
Are you sure you switched to phonetic input (kotoeri)?

[Apfhex]

It sounds like maybe a font where they just replaced the roman characters with Japanese, i.e. "a" is "ka" or something. Like a symbol font or something, ya know? Or maybe not.

[wataru]

I've seen fonts that are not true Japanese fonts, but are merely English ones with kana replacing what's actually shown on each key. If that's what this is, then I suggest you get rid of those fonts and get some decent ones.

[wataru]

I really hate the new forum software now.

[pyn]

i'm not sure but i got them from japanese sites

http://flopdesign.com and http://www.orange.ne.jp/~den7/index.html

can anyone recommend website with real japanese fonts? especially nice ones like the sites above thanks!

[pyn]

i'm not sure but i got them from japanese sites

http://flopdesign.com and http://www.orange.ne.jp/~den7/index.html

can anyone recommend website with real japanese fonts? especially nice ones like the sites above thanks!

[CaptainHaddock]

I really hate the new forum software now.

Me too, I still can't post new topics.

i'm not sure but i got them from japanese sites

Yeah, but they're still Latin-encoded fonts that just have some kana in place of letters.

I've searched high and low for good Japanese fonts, and I can tell you right now, you won't find anything to download. You can order Japanese font collections from foundries, but they typically cost hundreds of dollars (or more). They sell some at the Apple store here where I live.

[wataru]

The only free ones I'm aware of are available in fink and whatnot. Otherwise, you're screwed.

[Darthmaul4114]

i dunno about new fonts, but when i type in japanese it's phonetic. so "a" would be ”あ” and if i typed out "arigatoo" it would be "ありがとう” and so on. so shouldn't the fonts just be the same input?

[wataru]

Reread the description of what these fonts are.

[pyn]

umm link?

[tom@bluesky.org]

Originally Posted by pyn

umm link?

What's wrong with all the Japanese fonts that come with OS X already?

Anyway, here is a list for you to check:

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/font....html#japanese

[CaptainHaddock]

Originally Posted by tom@bluesky.org

What's wrong with all the Japanese fonts that come with OS X already?

Anyway, here is a list for you to check:

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/font....html#japanese

OS X ships with basically just the Japanese equivalents of Helvetica and Times New Roman. If you do any kind of design work in Japanese or using Japanese characters, you need other font styles.

[Chuckit]

Yep. But you'd want fonts that include kanji anyway.

[wataru]

Here's a freeware font called あくあフォント that's also available in fink. It's handwritten, so it might not be quite what you want.

There's also FS Fonts, which are free, but give me an error when I try to install them with Font Book.

I also found さざなみ, which is an evolution of a free font made to replace 東風 when its license changed or something.　This one also gives me an error for some reason.

Finally, there's しののめ, but when I downloaded what I thought was the binary, I coudln't find the font files.

[Lew]

Thanks for the links, Wataru. I love the look of that AquaFont.