Microsoft JhengHei (微軟正黑體) is a sans-serif typeface included in

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and later and

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. It follows the

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prescribed by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (

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) and is intended to be used in

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language environments using

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Microsoft JhengHei UI

It is a version of Microsoft JhengHei with alternate character design.

Microsoft JhengHei TC, Microsoft JhengHei TC UI

They are versions of Microsoft JhengHei and Microsoft JhengHei UI respectively, sold by Monotype. Each family includes a light version of the font (Microsoft JhengHei TC Light, Microsoft JhengHei UI TC Light).

Known Issues

Some of the characters (碧, 筵, and 綰) have an unexpected fullwidth white space on the right side in bold font weight. Microsoft has noticed this issue since Windows 7, and the problem is resolved on

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build 2262X.608.

Availability

Downloading and installing the Traditional Chinese ClearType fonts for

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from Microsoft also makes Microsoft JhengHei available on Windows XP.Download details: Traditional Chinese ClearType fonts for Windows XP
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or later.

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