MS Mincho Font

To display Japanese characters correctly with most features of LexiKAN, it is necessary that your computer have a compatible Japanese font installed.   The program works best with the "MS Mincho" font which is distributed with Microsoft Office products and with newer Windows operating systems.  Instructions on how to install this font from these products or how to locate it on the web are listed below.

Japanese Fonts On the web

Here are couple of current sites from which you can download the MS Mincho font:

http://www.geocities.com/fontboard/cjk/cjksupp.html

http://www.themeworld.com/fonts/foreign.shtml

(NOTE - LexiKAN is not responsible for the content of these sites)

The best location on the web for all Japanese computing resources is Jim Breen's site at:

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html

If you cannot install the Japanese font from your Window or Office software and the above sites have not helped, a search for "MS Mincho + download" should turn up other locations on the world-wide-web where this font can be downloaded.  The font itself, a TrueType font called "msmincho.ttf", may be downloaded or certain executable files from the Office products, namely "JPNSUPP.EXE", may be used.  Instructions on installing the " .ttf " TrueType font are listed below, while the executable file will automatically install the font on your machine when run.

Install from file

If you've obtained the font file "msmincho.ttf", install it on your machine using the following steps:

Windows 9X, 2000, NT, ME:

1. select "Start - Settings - Control Panel"

2. double-click the Fonts folder

3. in the Main Menu, select "File - Install New Font..."

4. using the Add Fonts dialog that appears, browse to the location where the "msmincho.ttf" file is stored, click the file, and select OK.  The font will be installed on your machine.

Windows XP:

1. select "Start - Control Panel"

2. click the "Appearances and Themes" link and then the "Fonts" link under "See Also" **OR** if in the Classic view, double-click the "Fonts" folder icon

3. in the Main Menu, select "File - Install New Font..."

4. using the Add Fonts dialog that appears, browse to the location where the "msmincho.ttf" file is stored, click the file, and select OK.  The font will be installed on your machine.

Install from MS Office 2000 or later

To install MS Mincho from MS Office or an Office product, run the setup program off the vendor provided disk or use Add/Remove Programs from the Windows Control Panel with the following steps:

1. select "Start - Settings - Control Panel"

2. double-click the "Add/Remove Programs" icon

3. for MS Office: scroll to and select the correct MS Office product and then click the "Add/Remove Programs" button

4. select "Add or Remove Features"

Once in the setup program, look for Japanese Font or Language Support under Multilanguage or International Support (listed under "Office Tools" for MS Office).  Changing this option to "Run from My Computer" should install the MS Mincho font on your machine.

Install from Windows 2000/ME

To install MS Mincho from Windows 2000/ME, perform the following steps:

1. select "Start - Settings - Control Panel"

2. double-click the "Add/Remove Programs" icon

3. select the "Windows Setup" tab

4. look for the "Multilanguage Support" option

Once in the setup program, look for Japanese Font or Language Support under Multilanguage or International Support (sometimes listed in Office Tools).  Activating this option should install the MS Mincho font on your machine.

Install from Windows XP

To install MS Mincho from Windows XP, perform the following steps:

1. select "Start - Control Panel"

2. click the "Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options" link and then the "Add Other Languages" link  **OR** if in the Classic view, double-click the "Regional and Language Options" icon

3. in the next dialog, select the "Install Files for East Asian Languages" option and click OK

This will install fonts for Chinese and Korean, in addition to the MS Mincho font.