Japanese gothic typeface comparison

A comparison of common en:Japanese gothic typefaces:

• MS Gothic and MS PGothic are distributed by en:Microsoft with its Windows Operating System
• Osaka is distributed by Apple with en:Mac OS X
• Kochi Gothic is included with many en:Linux distributions
• Hiragino Kaku Gothic, Hiragino Maru Gothic, and Kozuka Gothic are distributed by Adobe. These fonts come in multiple weights, with both lighter and bolder versions than those shown.

Created with en:FontExplorer X and en:Adobe Photoshop on an en:Apple Macintosh running OS X 10.4 Tiger. Released into the public domain.

In Japanese:

• MS Gothic と MS PGothic は Microsoft が提供している書体。
• Osaka は Apple Computer が提供している書体。
• 東風ゴシック は Linux の多くで配布されている書体。
• ヒラギノ角ゴシック、ヒラギノ丸ゴシック、小塚ゴシックは Adobe Systems が提供している書体。