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語源

Borrowed from Japanese 明朝(みんちょう) (Minchō, literally “Ming Dynasty”). Doublet of Myeongjo, borrowed from Korean.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmɪn.tʃəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɪn.tʃoʊ/
• 韻: -ɪntʃəʊ
• ハイフネーション: Min‧cho

固有名詞

Mincho

1. (typography) A style of typeface used to display kanji and kana in Japanese, roughly analogous in appearance to serif typefaces.
   • 1991 November 29, Robert A. Morris, Jacques André, Raster Imaging and Digital Typography II: Proceedings of the Conference on Raster Imaging and Digital Typography, Boston 1991, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149:

     There are two popular styles of Kanji character fonts: “Mincho” and “Gothic.” […] "Mincho" has thin horizontal strokes and thick vertical ones. […] The role of “Mincho” in Japanese is similar to Roman style, and that of “Gothic” is similar to Bold face style.

   • 1997 May 2, Horst Bunke, Patrick S. P. Wang, Handbook Of Character Recognition And Document Image Analysis, World Scientific Publishing, →ISBN, page 298:

     The two typefaces Mincho and Gothic are most widely used. Mincho is serif and is used for main body text. Gothic is sans serif and is used mainly for headings.

形容詞

Mincho (not comparable)

1. (typography) Of a Japanese font or typeface, being in the Mincho style.

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