Mincho

English Ming typefaces Alternative forms en Minchō Etymology en ja - 明%朝 ^みん%ちょう Ming Dynasty. en Myeongjo, en ko - 1 1. Pronunciation en /ˈmɪn.tʃəʊ/ UK en /ˈmɪn.tʃoʊ/ US en ɪntʃəʊ 2 en Min cho Proper noun en typography A style of typeface used to display kanji and kana in Japanese, roughly analogous in appearance to serif typefaces. en Robert A. Morris Jacques André 1991-11-29 Raster Imaging and Digital Typography II: Proceedings of the Conference on Raster Imaging and Digital Typography, Boston 1991 Cambridge University Press 9780521417648 149 https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9KtGcpfNgUC&pg=PA149 There are two popular styles of Kanji character fonts: “Mincho” and “Gothic.”"Mincho" has thin horizontal strokes and thick vertical ones.The role of “Mincho” in Japanese is similar to Roman style, and that of “Gothic” is similar to Bold face style. en Horst Bunke Patrick S. P. Wang 1997-05-02 Handbook Of Character Recognition And Document Image Analysis World Scientific Publishing 9789814500388 298 https://books.google.com/books?id=fuTsCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA298 The two typefaces Mincho and Gothic are most widely used. Mincho is serif and is used for main body text. Gothic is sans serif and is used mainly for headings. Adjective - en typography Of a Japanese font or typeface, being in the Mincho style. Related terms en Ming