Chinese Bible, a full set of type with added Japanese characters; in addition to Chinese and Latin characters, Japanese text uses the syllabaries hiragana and katakana. Korea In Korean, a similar category of typefaces for the Korean alphabet hangul was called myeongjo (the Korean reading for the same Chinese characters "") until recently, influenced by the Japanese term. A Ministry of Culture-sponsored standardization of typography terms in 1993 replaced myeongjo with batang (""), the Korean word for “foundation” or “ground” (as opposed to “figure”), and is the current term for the typeface. Ming typefaces in computing Technically, only Chinese characters can be printed in a Ming typeface. However, most modern typefaces (that is, digital typefaces) often also include kana glyphs in a matching style, usually in a precise style resembling handwriting with a brush. Modern Ming typefaces also incorporate Roman type glyphs for Latin characters, letterlike symbols, and numbers. In its modern role comparable to that of western serif typefaces, both kana and Latin characters are usually part of a complete typeface. Ming typefaces are used officially by the government of China, Japan and Korea. See also East Asian gothic typeface Chinese calligraphy References Further reading www.kinkido.net – some information on Chinese typefaces, including Ming typefaces. External links Nihongo resources: Japanese typefaces sci.lang.japan FAQ list of Japanese writing styles [chinese mac] Fontstypefaces included with Mac OS and Windows differences between some Ming typefaces Chinese-language computing Chinese type styles