Roozbeh Pournader
README.formats
Noto CJK is available in multiple formats which have different uses. Each of
these font formats used below has the capability to display both horizontal
and vertical forms where appropriate. Any of the fonts that support
Japanese will also be able to support proportional kana.
Super OTC
=========
This packaging form carries the fonts for each of Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean multiplied by all 7 weights for
each in one single font file. Once installed it will appear in font menus
as 28 separate fonts. This format is the easiest to install of all the
formats and takes the least space due to sharing between the 28 pieces.
This format works on recent versions of Mac and Linux but
unfortunately Windows does not support it.
OTC
===
This packaging form carries the fonts for each of Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in a single font file. Once
installed it will appear in font menus as four separate fonts. This format
is the easiest to install and compared to installing four separate fonts
takes less space. There are 7 of these OTC font files with one for each weight
from Thin to Black.
This format works on recent versions of Mac and Linux but
unfortunately Windows does not support it.
Multilingual OTF
================
This format has 4 language specific variants that have all the same glyph coverage
as the OTC format but provide language coverage through the the use of the
OpenType 'locl' feature. In each of these font files there is a single default language
which is used when the 'locl' feature isn't specified. There are 28 of these files
(4 language default variants * 7 weights).
OTF
===
This form provides monolingual subset versions of the fonts. There is a
separate font file for each of Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean. If you want to install one language only then this
would be the option to consider. It will have the smallest space requirement.
It would also be the choice if you want to use the font on a system
(such as Windows) that doesn't support the OTC format and can’t use the OpenType
‘locl’ feature to select language.
these font formats used below has the capability to display both horizontal
and vertical forms where appropriate. Any of the fonts that support
Japanese will also be able to support proportional kana.
Super OTC
=========
This packaging form carries the fonts for each of Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean multiplied by all 7 weights for
each in one single font file. Once installed it will appear in font menus
as 28 separate fonts. This format is the easiest to install of all the
formats and takes the least space due to sharing between the 28 pieces.
This format works on recent versions of Mac and Linux but
unfortunately Windows does not support it.
OTC
===
This packaging form carries the fonts for each of Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in a single font file. Once
installed it will appear in font menus as four separate fonts. This format
is the easiest to install and compared to installing four separate fonts
takes less space. There are 7 of these OTC font files with one for each weight
from Thin to Black.
This format works on recent versions of Mac and Linux but
unfortunately Windows does not support it.
Multilingual OTF
================
This format has 4 language specific variants that have all the same glyph coverage
as the OTC format but provide language coverage through the the use of the
OpenType 'locl' feature. In each of these font files there is a single default language
which is used when the 'locl' feature isn't specified. There are 28 of these files
(4 language default variants * 7 weights).
OTF
===
This form provides monolingual subset versions of the fonts. There is a
separate font file for each of Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean. If you want to install one language only then this
would be the option to consider. It will have the smallest space requirement.
It would also be the choice if you want to use the font on a system
(such as Windows) that doesn't support the OTC format and can’t use the OpenType
‘locl’ feature to select language.