明朝体

The characters 明朝体 'Ming dynasty form' set in the Zen Antique font

Song Traditional Chinese 宋體 Simplified Chinese 宋体 Literal meaning Song typeface Korean name Hangul 명조체 Hanja 明朝體 Japanese name Kanji 明朝体 Kana みんちょうたい

influenced by the 14-17c calligraphic fashion of Ming China, called minchoutai 明朝体. This was characterized by two horizontal lines (representing heaven and