debian-reference/xslt

Font for CJK

Asian font basics (Latex)

Use xeCJK only for CJK http://bugs.debian.org/666569

latex-cjk-all contains xeCJK.

If texlive tool chain in Debian/unstable fails to build PDF for CJK, activate NOPDF in debian/rules to work around.

Note on TTF

In bookworm and later, fc-list doesn't pick up some fonts. Here are lists of actively locatable CJK fonts.

Some fonts has been moved to non-free (No more IPA non-P fonts)

ゴシック Gothic == Sans == 黒体　黑體 明朝 Mincho == Serif == 宋体

Accessible TTF fonts

Japanese: fonts-vlgothic

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/vlgothic/VL-PGothic-Regular.ttf: VL PGothic,VL Pゴシック:style=regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/vlgothic/VL-Gothic-Regular.ttf: VL Gothic,VL ゴシック:style=regular

Japanese: fonts-ipafont

/usr/share/fonts/opentype/ipafont-gothic/ipagp.ttf: IPAPGothic,IPA Pゴシック:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/ipafont-mincho/ipamp.ttf: IPAPMincho,IPA P明朝:style=Regular

Chinese: fonts-wqy-zenhei

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-zenhei.ttc: WenQuanYi Zen Hei,文泉驛正黑,文泉驿正黑:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-zenhei.ttc: WenQuanYi Zen Hei Sharp,文泉驛點陣正黑,文泉驿点阵正黑:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-zenhei.ttc: WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono,文泉驛等寬正黑,文泉驿等宽正黑:style=Regular

Chinese: fonts-arphic-uming

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic/uming.ttc: AR PL UMing TW MBE:style=Light
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic/uming.ttc: AR PL UMing TW:style=Light
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic/uming.ttc: AR PL UMing CN:style=Light
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic/uming.ttc: AR PL UMing HK:style=Light

Korean: fonts-baekmuk

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk/batang.ttf: Baekmuk Batang,백묵 바탕:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk/hline.ttf: Baekmuk Headline,백묵 헤드라인:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk/dotum.ttf: Baekmuk Dotum,백묵 돋움:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk/gulim.ttf: Baekmuk Gulim,백묵 굴림:style=Regular

• batang.ttf: serif
• dotum.ttf: sans-serif
• gulim.ttf: sans-serif (rounded)
• hline.ttf: headline

Language non specific Noto font

fonts-noto-cjk (TTC packs JP, KR, SC, TC variants, fc only picks JP as below)

/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSansCJK-Bold.ttc: Noto Sans CJK JP:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSansCJK-Bold.ttc: Noto Sans Mono CJK JP:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc: Noto Sans CJK JP:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc: Noto Sans Mono CJK JP:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSerifCJK-Bold.ttc: Noto Serif CJK JP:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSerifCJK-Regular.ttc: Noto Serif CJK JP:style=Regular

Packge description (fontforge can read this)

• Noto Sans CJK JP
• Noto Sans CJK KR
• Noto Sans CJK SC
• Noto Sans CJK TC
• Noto Sans Mono CJK JP
• Noto Sans Mono CJK KR
• Noto Sans Mono CJK SC
• Noto Sans Mono CJK TC
• Noto Serif CJK JP
• Noto Serif CJK KR
• Noto Serif CJK SC
• Noto Serif CJK TC

Sans:思源黑体, Sans Mono:思源等宽黑体, Serif:思源宋体

Note

language config

All existing fonts are "12" means "Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) compatible" to build PDF.

• xetex_param.xsl -- active configuration all free sans

Font info (old)

Sanserif (OLD list)

• simplified Chinese: 黑体 hēi tǐ
  • fonts-wqy-zenhei (zh_CN centric)
    • WenQuanYi Zen Hei,文泉驛正黑,文泉驿正黑
    • WenQuanYi Zen Hei Sharp,文泉驛點陣正黑,文泉驿点阵正黑
    • WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono,文泉驛等寬正黑,文泉驿等宽正黑
  • traditional Chinese: 黑體 hēi tǐ
  • Japanese: ゴシック kaku goshikku, gothic
    • fonts-ipafont-gothic (ja centric)
      • IPAPGothic,IPA Pゴシック
        • No more *** IPAGothic,IPAゴシック non-free ???
    • fonts-vlgothic (ja centric)
      • VL PGothic,VL Pゴシック:style=regular
      • VL Gothic,VL ゴシック:style=regular
  • Korean:
    • Baekmuk Dotum,백묵 돋움:style=Regular ... san-serif

Serif (Old list)

• 中国大陆一般称：宋体；台湾香港一般称：明體
  • simplified Chinese: 宋体/(明体), Sòngtǐ
    • fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp (zh_CN centric)
      • AR PL SungtiL GB
  • traditional Chinese: (宋體)/明體, Sòngtǐ
    • fonts-arphic-bsmi00lp (zh_TW centric)
      • AR PL Mingti2L Big5
        • (Missing some character in output...)
    • fonts-arphic-uming (zh_TW centric)
      • AR PL UMing
        • = "AR PL Mingti2L Big5" and "AR PL SungtiL GB" + extra in Taiwan-style
        • (BUild failure happened thus not used)
  • Japanese: 明朝体, Minchōtai
    • fonts-ipafont-mincho (ja centric)
      • IPAPMincho,IPA P明朝:style=Regular
        • No more *** IPAMincho,IPA明朝: - non-free ???
  • Korean: Hangul: 명조체; Hanja: 明朝體; Revised Romanization: Myeongjoche
    • Baekmuk Batang,백묵 바탕:style=Regular ... serif

Script etc.

• simplified Chinese: 楷书; kǎishū
  • fonts-arphic-gkai00mp (zh_CN centric)
    • AR PL KaitiM GB
• traditional Chinese: 楷書; kǎishū
  • fonts-arphic-bkai00mp (zh_TW centric)
    • AR PL KaitiM Big5
  • fonts-arphic-ukai (zh generic)
    • AR PL UKai
    • = AR PL KaitiM Big5" + "AR PL KaitiM GB" + extra in Taiwan-style
• Japanese: 楷書, kaisho (教科書体)
• Korean:

  • fonts-baekmuk 1st most popular which contains 4 font families.

    • Baekmuk Batang,백묵 바탕:style=Regular ... serif
    • Baekmuk Dotum,백묵 돋움:style=Regular ... san-serif
    • Baekmuk Gulim,백묵 굴림:style=Regular ... san-serif (round)
    • Baekmuk Headline,백묵 헤드라인:style=Regular ... bold san-serif (best screen small)

  • fonts-unfonts-core 2nd popular and increasing made from the HLaTeX's PostScript fonts UnBatang, UnDotum, Ungraphic, Unpilgi, and UnGungseo

    • UnBatang ... serif
    • UnDotum ... san-serif
    • UnGungseo ... Kai/kaisho latex-cjk-xcjk uses UnBatang as example

  • fonts-alee 3rd most popular many fonts by alee

  • fonts-nanum Myeongjo and Gothic Korean font families/screen font

  • fonts-nanum-coding Korean fixed width font family

encoding names

This is largely obsoleted and replaced by UTF-8 on modern Linux systems.

• GB2312, GBK or GB18030: Simplified Chinese
• Big5: Traditional Chinese