フォント

A loanword from English "font." An essential term in computing, design, and publishing. Japanese fonts must handle thousands of kanji characters in addition to hiragana, katakana, and Latin letters.

Common collocations

• フォントを変更(へんこう)する: to change the font
• フォントサイズ: font size
• フォントの種類(しゅるい): font types
• 手書(てが)きフォント: handwritten-style font
• フリーフォント: free font

Japanese font categories

• 明朝体(みんちょうたい): Mincho (serif) — the most traditional Japanese typeface, with varying stroke thickness
• ゴシック体(たい): Gothic (sans-serif) — uniform stroke width, commonly used for headings and digital text
• 教科書体(きょうかしょたい): textbook style — resembles handwritten characters, used in educational materials

Related words

• 書体(しょたい): typeface, font style — the Japanese-origin equivalent
• 活字(かつじ): type, printing type — originally movable type, now used broadly