Apple and Microsoft Should Unify the Look of Their CJK Fonts
Opinion as to why Apple and Microsoft’s CJK user interfaces are still inconsistent even in 2026, because of different CJK fonts and Unicode.
The CJK Tinkerer
Welcome
This is where I will share everything related to Chinese/Japanese typography, and also document my progress to improve Source Han Sans/Noto Sans CJK and Source Han Serif/Noto Serif CJK.
My Repositories
- SHS UFO Edits — A collection of modified Source Han Sans/Serif glyphs in UFO and glyphspackage formats. It is mainly to store alternate forms of Traditional Chinese glyphs that are not going to be in the mainline fonts due to glyph policy, and also some design fixes for the font.
Blog Posts
Why Apple Does Not Use Traditional Print Orthography for Traditional Chinese
Opinion as to why Apple uses modern handwritten (Kaiti regular script) orthography for their Traditional Chinese user interfaces since the beginning, with one brief exception.
The Different Types of Traditional Chinese Orthographies
Do you know that there are multiple writing forms of Traditional Chinese? This article breaks down the types and explains what they are.