Hello fontconfig, I am a Simplified Chinese user, and I want font substitution for CJK fonts to be implemented.
Most Chinese fonts are mainly divided into four styles:
1. Song (Pronounced `soon'), serif, also called `Ming' in Taiwan and Hong Kong, `Mincho' in Japan, `Batang' in Korea)
2. Hei, sans-serif, also called `Meiryo' in Japan, `Dotum' in Korea
3. Kai, brush handwriting style, likely to be serif
4. FangSong, likely to be sans-serif
5. Others such as Li, Wei, etc, is not discussed here.
I have sorted these fonts according to my preference, however, I do not know a lot about what fonts users in TW, HK, JP, or KR prefer.
Hei:
WenQuanYi Micro Hei (Free font)
WenQuanYi Zen Hei (Free font)
Hiragino Sans GB (Used in OS X Lion as default)
Microsoft Yahei (Used in Windows Vista and above as default)
STHeiTi (Used in iOS as default, in OS X and in Windows)
SimHei (Used in Windows)
Droid Sans Fallback (Used in Android as default)
Song:
STSong (Used in OS X and in Windows)
SimSun (Used in Windows)
AR PL UMing CN (Free font, this is the worst choice because Arphic's CN fonts are in TW style although it is marked `CN')
Kai:
STKaiti (Used in OS X and in Windows)
KaiTi (Used in Windows Vista and above)
KaiTi_GB2312 (Used in Windows XP and below)
AR PL UKai CN (Free font)
FangSong:
STFangsong (Used in OS X and in Windows)
FangSong (Used in Windows Vista and above)
FangSong_GB2312 (Used in Windows XP and below)
What I want to be implemented is, when one of the fonts is missing, fontconfig will search for others for substitution.
For example, if a document requires SimHei which is not installed currently, fontconfig may use WenQuanYi Micro Hei instead. And if Micro Hei is missing either, Zen Hei will be used.
Sincerely yours.
