BIZ UDPMincho

Designed by Type Bank Co., Morisawa Inc.

2 weights • Version 11 • On Google Fonts since 2022 • Popularity #709

Quick Summary

2

Styles

400-700

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

5

Languages / Subsets

Category
serif
Best for
display
Scripts
Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese, Latin
Origin
Japan
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
May 30, 2025

© 2022 The BIZ UDMincho Project Authors

The quick brown fox

32px

About BIZ UDPMincho Fonts

モリサワのBIZ UD明朝は、教育やビジネス文書作成などに活用できるよう、より多くの方にとって読みやすく使いやすいように設計されたユニバーサルデザインフォントです。格調高い明朝体の伝統を保ちながら、見やすさ、読みやすさを実現した書体です。一般的な明朝体は、横線が細くデザインされているため、視力が弱い方やディスプレイの表示などでは読みにくいことがあります。BIZ UD明朝は従来の明朝体よりも横線が太い明朝体をベースにしており、濁点や半濁点を大きく見やすいデザインに変更しているほか、字面やふところを大きくとりながらも文字のフォルムを崩さないデザインに調整しています。 BIZ UD Mincho is a universal design typeface designed to be easy to read and ideal for education and business documentation. It combines high quality in readability and legibility while carrying on the stately Japanese Mincho type tradition. BIZ UD Mincho bases its design on one of the typefaces from the Morisawa font library, which has thicker horizontal lines than the traditional Mincho type style. Because most Mincho types have thin horizontal strokes, the style can be difficult to read on some displays or signs and for people with low vision. For the universal design version, dakuten (゛) and handakuten (゜) voicing marks are designed to be more legible, and the letterforms are adjusted to maintain their balance while having a larger face and wider counters.

UDMincho includes full-width kana. UDPMincho includes proportional-width kana.

To contribute to the project, visit github.com/googlefonts/morisawa-biz-ud-mincho

To learn more, read Morisawa BIZ Universal Design (UD) Japaese fonts added to Google Fonts and Google Workspace.

Who Designed BIZ UDPMincho?

Morisawa Inc. portrait

Morisawa Inc.

Morisawa Inc. is Japan's leading font foundry that has never wavered from its commitment to undertaking research and development in typography since its invention of the first Japanese phototypesetting machine in 1924. The company provides font licenses for over 1,500 typefaces of Japanese and multi-script, web font services, embedded fonts, and multilingual e-magazine/book solution services.

morisawa.co.jp

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