IPA Gothic, IPA Mincho
IPA stands for Information-technology Promotion Agency.
It is a related organization of the Japanese Government.
(IPA fonts are not for phonetic characters.)
[Website] http://ossipedia.ipa.go.jp/ipafont/
[License] http://ossipedia.ipa.go.jp/ipafont/#LicenseEng
Click "同意する" (= agree) at the end of the page.
Get IPA fonts.
IPA Mona Gothic, IPA Mona Mincho
IPA Mona fonts are modified IPA fonts.
It is good for Japanese ASCII art.
Most Japanese ASCII art is designed for MS P Gothic, and
IPA Mona Gothic has the same width as MS P Gothic.
[Website] http://www.geocities.jp/ipa_mona/
[License] You need to distribute them with the IPA certified softwares.
Click "opfc-ModuleHP-1.1.1_withIPAMonaFonts-1.0.8.tar.gz" in the page.
IPA Mona fonts are included in fonts/.
UmePlus Gothic
Mandriva use it for the default Japanese font.
[Website] Here
[License] You can redistribute it and modify it freely.
Anzu, Anzu Touhaba
Anzu = Anzu-propotional.
Anzu Touhaba = Anzu-fixed.
[Website] http://www8.plala.or.jp/p_dolce/
[License] You can get it freely, but you can't modify/redistribute it.
Go to the website and click "Font".
Click "フォントダウンロードページへ" (= Go to the page for downloading the font).
Click "あんずもじをダウンロード" (= Download Anzu).
Click "あんずもじ等幅をダウンロード" (= Download Anzu Touhaba).
Aqua, Aqua-P
A Japanese lady made a handwriting font "Aqua".
Aqua = Aqua-fixed.
Aqua-P = Aqua-propotional.
[Website] http://www.geocities.jp/teardrops_in_aquablue/
[License] You can redistribute it, but you need to tell it to the author
before you do it.
Click "フォント" (= font) in the left frame.
Click "【ダウンロード】" (= download).
Choose TrueType or OpenType.
Get Aqua fonts.
Mikiyu Penji
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://mikiyu.oops.jp/405/
[License] You can't modify/redistribute it.
You need to link to the Mikiyu website to use the
characters in your work.
If you use the characters for commercial use,
You need to send the work before you do it.
Click "★素材のページ★".
Click "フォント" (= font) in the left frame.
Click "ペン字（漢字使用可能)" (characters with kanji written by a pen).
Click "Winのみ(LZH)" (= Windows only [LZH]).
Note: It works on Linux too.
Puchi Kuma
A handwriting font.
[Website] http://www16.plala.or.jp/puchikan/index.html
[License] You can use them only for personal use.
You can't redistribute/modify them.
If you want to use them for commercial use, you need to send a
mail to the author and pay 1,000 yen or more.
Go to the website and click "素材" (= material) on top-left.
Click "font" in the left frame,
and click "ダウンロードのページへ" (= Go to the page for downloading files)
in the middle of the right frame.
You will find "ぷちくまふぉんと" (= Puchi Kuma font) and
"ぷちくまふぉんと細め" (= Puchi Kuma font Hosome).
"Puchi Kuma" means "Petit Bear". "Hosome" means "Thin".
Uzura
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://azukifont.mints.ne.jp/
[Download] http://azukifont.mints.ne.jp/font/uzura.html
Click "ダウンロード" (= download).
[License] You can't redistribute/modify it.
Azuki, Azuki-P
Azuki = Azuki-fixed.
Azuki-P = Azuki-propotional.
[Website] http://azukifont.mints.ne.jp/
[Download] http://azukifont.mints.ne.jp/font/azuki.html
[License] You can't redistribute/modify it.
Click "あずきフォント" and "あずきフォントP".
"あずきフォントL" is another Azuki font without graphical characters (絵文字).
"あずきフォントB" is a bold font.
Buuchan
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://www.buuchan.sakura.ne.jp/font/
[Download] http://www.buuchan.sakura.ne.jp/font/font/font.htm
The official website was closed, but you can get the font from
web.archive.org.
Click here and set the character encoding to Shift_JIS.
You'll find a link to buuchan.lzh.
[License] Free for non-commercial use. You can't redistribute it
without author's permission.
Honyaji
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://honya.nyanta.jp/
[License] You can get it freely, but you can't redistribute it.
Go to the website and click "FONT" in the right side.
Scroll down the middle frame and click "利用規約に同意してフォントをDLする"
(= Accept the license and download the fonts).
You will see this image.
"VER.MAX" = regular, "ふとっちょ" = bold, "ひょろり" = thin.
Huiji, Huiji-P
Huiji = Huiji-fixed.
Huiji-P = Huiji-propotional.
[Website] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA039499/
[Download]
Huiji
http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/data/writing/se337659.html
Huiji-P
http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/data/writing/se347444.html
[License] You can redistribute it, but you can't modify it.
Click "ダウンロード" (= download).
Reiko
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://www.scn-net.ne.jp/~minori/
[License] You can get it freely, but you can't redistribute it.
Click "れいこフォント" (= Reiko font).
Click "ダウンロードはここをクリック" (= click here to download them) at the
end of the page.
Togoshi fonts
Japanese gothic fonts.
Togoshi Gothic is a propotional font.
Togoshi Mona Gothic is good for Japanese ASCII art.
It has the same width as MS P Gothic.
Togoshi Mono Gothic is a fixed font.
[Website] http://sourceforge.jp/projects/togoshi-font/
[License] You can redistribute them and modify them freely.
Habataki, Habataki-P
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://moonglow.moo.jp/index.html
[License] You can't redistribute/modify it.
Click "FONT".
Click "こちらからどうぞ" (= download them from here).
Click the pictures to get the fonts.
VL Gothic
VL Gothic is a successor of Sazanami Gothic.
Vine Linux and Debian use it for the default Japanese font.
[Website] http://dicey.org/vlgothic/
[License] You can redistribute it and modify it freely.
Armed Lemon
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://calligra-tei.oops.jp/
[Download] http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/data/writing/se334877.html
[License] You can get it freely, but you can't redistribute it.
Click "ダウンロード" (= download).
Armed Banana
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://calligra-tei.oops.jp/
[Download] http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/data/writing/se412970.html
[License] You can get it freely, but you can't redistribute it.
Click "ダウンロード" (= download).
Elmer, Elmer-P
A felt pen style font.
[Website] http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Rook/9602/index.html
[License] You can get it freely, but you can't redistribute it.
Click "えるまーフォント" (= Elmer font).
Click the pictures to get the fonts.
Kiloji
Another handwriting font.
[Website] http://www.ez0.net/distribution/font/kiloji/
[License] You cannot redistribute it without the author's permission.
Go to the website and you'll see "ダウンロード" (= download).
"きろ字 等幅" = Kiloji fixed
"きろ字 プロポーショナル" = Kiloji propotional
"きろ字 細字" = Kiloji thin
"きろ字 太字" = Kiloji bold
Aoyagi Kouzan's brush style fonts
Brush style fonts.
[Website] http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~kouzan/
[Download]
Aoyagi Soseki's font
http://musashi.or.tv/aoyagisosekifont.htm
Aoyagi Kouzan's brush style font
http://musashi.or.tv/kouzanmouhitufont.htm
Aoyagi Kouzan's brush style font (gyousho style)
http://musashi.or.tv/kouzangyousho.htm
Aoyagi Kouzan's brush style font (sousho style)
http://musashi.or.tv/kouzansousho.htm
[License] Public Domain.
Go to the website and you'll see "ダウンロード" (= download).
Other fonts
Y.Oz fonts
[Website] http://yozvox.web.infoseek.co.jp/
[License] You can redistribute them, but you need to tell it to the author
before you do it.
Go to the website and click "-- Enter to download page --".
Adobe Font Packs
"
Adobe Extended Language Font Packs" include some OTF fonts.
Choose "Adobe Reader 8", "Japanese", "Linux" and click "Download".
Extract *.tar.gz and it will generate "JPNKIT".
Extract JPNKIT/LANGJPN.TAR.
You can get Adobe/Reader8/Resource/CIDFont/Koz*.otf.
