A personal view of design fonts

This article is categorized as a tutorial, mainly because there are no other suitable categories. I don't think this is a tutorial. And this may be a little helpful for Web layout, so send it to this version. If not, moderator please criticize.
This is six months ago to write the article, I do not understand a lot of things, write the wrong words, please advise.
Most maps come from wikis, as well as Before&after and Adobe's font documentation.
I didn't mean to belittle the simplified characters.

Western fonts

Sans serif fonts

Serif font

Serif font line (red)

Characters

The lining body of the lining body in the Chinese character and the serif body in the bold Chinese characters and the sans serif body blackbody

Japanese Ming Dynasty Body (MS Mincho body) and ゴシック body (MS Mincho body) and ゴシック body

The liner body and batang body in Korean and the liner body and the Batang body of the dotum body in Korean and the dotum body of the line body

Chinese will serif in accordance with the meaning of translation into a "line" or "foot", as the name implies is the role of decorative foil, so there are liner body also known as "have feet body." In Japanese the lining line is called うろこ, literally meaning "fish scale".

Lining body (ie "white body"), the Chinese mainland region called the song Body, the use of traditional Chinese-Hong Kong and Taiwan called the Ming body, Japanese called the Ming Dynasty, Korean called Batang Body, often used for text typesetting. These names originated in the song and Ming dynasties in Chinese history, at that time, China's movable-type printing has been widely disseminated, and used to create a type of wood grain for the horizontal direction, resulting in the lettering when the horizontal painting, vertical painting coarse; and in order to prevent edge damage, horizontal painting at both ends are also bold, according to brushwork Custom to form a triangular decoration. This way has been used so far, now white body class fonts are mostly horizontal thin vertical thick.

In addition, no liner in Chinese commonly known as boldface, in Japanese called ゴシック body (Goshikku-tai, that is, "elder brother Curvier"), the Korean language called dotum body, this type of font stroke thickness is basically consistent, no liner decoration, more eye-catching, often used in the title, lead, logo and so on.

Use

In traditional printing, serif fonts are used for text printing because they are considered more orthodox than sans-serif, which are easier to read. In contrast, sans are used for short stories and headlines, which can be noticed by readers or provide a relaxing atmosphere.

However, there is a tendency in the computer field to use Sans serif fonts for easy display on the display. For this reason, most Web pages use sans serif fonts. As a result, the Chinese default font in Windows Vista has been changed from the original line font (Arial or fine) to a sans serif font (Microsoft Jas or Microsoft is in bold). In addition, in order to solve the problem of the display of serif fonts, new anti-aliasing and sub pixel display (such as ClearType) are widely used.

Old body

Garamond font. Glyph samples of old liner body

Old body can be traced back to the 1465, characterized by the emphasis on the diagonal--the finest part of a letter is not at the top or the bottom, but in the diagonal section; The subtle difference between the thick and thin lines--the contrast between strokes is not strong; superior readability. Old body is the closest font to the origin of manual type.

The old liner in the production of the time there is a neat, the slope of the rules, coupled with Radian line embodies the details, enhance its reading. But this approach contradicts the "parallel-letter-width" cognitive model advocated by psychologists who study reading.

Old body can be subdivided into Venetian and Aldine or Garalde. Samples of old body fonts are Trajan, Jenson (Venetian), Garamond, Bembo, Goudy old Style, and Palatino (all Aldine or Garalde).