Smashing Magazine で紹介されて以来海外のデザイン系blogで紹介される のは珍しくなくなったけど、どの記事でもどういう書体かの説明がなくて、 These fonts are free software. Unlimited permission is granted to ... のところを引き写してるだけなんで、DESIGN のページは英訳したほうが いいと思って仮に訳してみた。誤訳・不自然な表現の指摘を願う。
This page describes scripts which compose M+ outline fonts with each weight variations: Japanese text (fixed width), Latin (proportional width and fixed width).
Japanese text (monospaced)
M+ have two kana (かな) variation: M+ 1 is unique in the contrast of straight lines and hand-drawn curves; M+ 2 takes in some traditional feature of kana script in the overall modern sans-serif design. These two kana designs share the common design of kanji (漢字) characters.
Proportional Latin alphabet
M+ P is aimed as clear and free form; M+ C is optimized to tight and coherent text. Each have two variations: Type-1 (M+P Type-1, M+C Type-1) are intended to be used with the Japanese letters of M+1; Type-2 have several glyphs different from Type-1 to match with the design of the Japanese letters of M+2.
Fixed width Latin alphabet
M+ M emphasize the balance of natural letterform and high legibility. M+ MN is aimed at a new distinctive design for a terminal font specialized to programming. There are three variations: M+ M Type-1 and M+MN Type-1 are for combination with M+1-type Japanese and M+2 has several altenative glyphs to be used with M+2-type Japanese.
515 名前：続き mailto:sage [2009/01/27(火) 01:48:48 ]
Font files
Japanese and Latin letters shown above are combined into the 7 families: four combinations of proportinal font families (M+ 1P, M+ 2P, M+ 1C, M+ 2C) and three combinations of fixed (or biwidth) font families (M+ 1M, M+ 2M, M+1MN) are included.
M+ 1P The combination of fullwidth M+1 for Japanese and proportional M+P Type-1 for alphabets. They are 7 weights from Thin to Black. M+ 2P The combination of fullwidth M+2 for Japanese and proportional M+P Type-2 for alphabets. They are 7 weights from Thin to Black. M+ 1C The combination of fullwidth M+1 for Japanese and proportional M+C Type-1 for alphabets. They are 7 weights from Thin to Black. M+ 2C The combination of fullwidth M+2 for Japanese and proportional M+C Type-2 for alphabets. They are 7 weights from Thin to Black. M+ 1M The combination of fullwidth M+1 for Japanese and fixed halfwidth M+M Type-1 for alphabets. They are 5 weights from Thin to Bold. M+ 2M The combination of fullwidth M+2 for Japanese and fixed halfwidth M+M Type-2 for alphabets. They are 5 weights from Thin to Bold. M+ 1MN The combination of fullwidth M+1 for Japanese and fixed halfwidth M+MN Type-1 for alphabets. TThey are 5 weights from Thin to Bold.
