Alone, “Meiryo” font download
Consider making new Japan language fonts provided in Windows Vista “Meiryo” （ Meiryo ） on Windows XP. “Meiryo” font is alone on the Microsoft site, now being distributed, so if you download it you can available characters using the font “Meiryo” on Windows XP.
| ▲ comparison “Meiryo” (left) and “Verdana” (right) |
We introduce the way this time change the settings of the browser and how to install, download the font “Meiryo” (Note 1), it displayed all the websites using the font “Meiryo” (※ 2).
※ 1:
Meiryo is clearly displayed font appearance (the way to smooth the edges of fonts) is not set to “ClearType”. Depending on the settings of your Windows XP settings for the subject to change after installation.
2:
Because standard fonts is “Verdana” is Internet Explorer on Windows XP, just installed the “Meiryo” font “Meiryo” in will not (note). Change the default font setting is required. In addition, we will introduce can also ignore the website font “Meiryo” in last.
※ If you write CSS, such as the “Meiryo” used to display on the Web page is displayed in.
[The contents of this article]
Using Meiryo on Windows XP-how to:
Download the Meiryo font [Step.1-1]
To install the Meiryo font [Step.1-2]
To set the appearance of the font [Step.1-3] “ClearType”
Using Meiryo “on the browser of method
To change the default font settings in the browser [Step.2-1] Meiryo
Using Meiryo disable the font specified for the website [Step.2-2]
Download the Meiryo font [Step.1-1]
First, download “Meiryo” font from the Microsoft website. To download, visit the browsers page.
-> Download details Japanese ClearType fonts for Windows XP
| ▲ “Meiryo” download page on the Microsoft site |
Access the above page first “confirmation” button is displayed. “Meiryo” font because unless you cannot verify the use of the regular Windows XP is supposed to not download, click the “confirm” button first.
| ▲ the transition page if the “Download” button. |
• If the “Download” button that appears above:
By clicking the “Download” button to file [VistaFont_JPN. EXE, can be downloaded. File size is approximately 8.5 MB. （ Deploying will be about 15 MB. ）
• If you move to the installation page of the plugin:
To ensure that they take advantage the genuine Windows XP when the plug-in installation is required. Click the button "download plugin", first install plug-ins.
Plug-ins for Internet Explorer and for Firefox and Netscape.
• If you go to confirm the genuine Windows page:
When you visit in your browser (Opera and Safari) have no plug-ins to see the genuine Windows, prompted the tool download. Is there good operating instructions back, start Internet Explorer and would be better off.
After you download the file then let me install.
It's >> to Step.1-2 Meiryo font installation
To install the Meiryo font [Step.1-2]
Let’s install the Meiryo font. This step is very simple.
First, download [VistaFont_JPN... EXE, double-click the start. Because the License Agreement dialog appears as shown below and click "Yes".
| ▲ Click Yes on the License Agreement dialog |
Click "Yes" to install start immediately and after a few seconds completes the installation appears as shown below.
| ▲ Meiryo installation complete dialog |
This concludes the installation.
Check the fonts folder you can see the 2 files in the "Meiryo bold" (meiryob.ttc) has also been "Meiryo" (meiryo.ttc) and. （ bold italic are included meiryob.ttc meiryo.ttc, italic. ）
| ▲ Meiryo "meiryo.ttc" and "meiryob.ttc" is added to the fonts folder |
To verify that ClearType
"Meiryo" font displayed is a beautiful font appearance (the way to smooth the edges of fonts) is not set to "ClearType". Let's look at, try to display characters using Meiryo. Beautifully displayed, you must change the settings in Windows.
Reload this page, once you install the Meiryo, see the following window. You must be using the "Meiryo" to appear in a style sheet within this framework is.
※ You must specify "Meiryo" installation, that it is straightforward to appear in Serif system font "Garamond" and.
Provided within this framework is shown using the "Meiryo" font. Check whether that see edges of fonts pretty. (※ Displaying in font of times new Roman in environments without Meiryo)
It doesn't matter if you look above is shown below left. If If the jagged edges as prominent like on the right side of the figure below, not in the way fonts appear "ClearType". If you want a Windows setting.
| ▲ If you view the ClearType (left) and (right) when you view |
Shows characters in the font "Meiryo" left and right in the picture above. For smooth display on the left, jagged prominently displayed right.
>> To set the appearance of the Step.1-3 font "ClearType"
To set the appearance of the font [Step.1-3] “ClearType”
If looks jagged edges of fonts with a to display fonts on ClearType Let’s change the Windows XP settings. Procedure is simple. Manipulate below step 1 through step 4, street. （ similar procedure is unchanged, just to make sure. ）
Display the properties of the step 1 screen
Right click on the place where the = wallpaper is showing no Windows XP desktop and select “Properties” from the menu. In the display properties dialog box appears.
Is used to change, such as wallpaper, screen savers, resolution screen.
| ▲ show “display properties” dialog box |
Step 2 Click the “design” tab
Step 3 Click the “effect” button
The first “theme” tab shows probably. Click the “design” tab in the top tab of the tab.
| ▲ Click the “design” tab click the “effect” button |
Step 4 “Font smoothing to” → “ClearType”
Check mark “by: edges of screen fonts to smooth” item in the effects dialog. Select “ClearType” from the pull-down menu below.
| ▲ “font smoothing” to put the check, select “ClearType” |
Check here is disconnected or turned the check selection “ClearType” instead of “standard” turned the Meiryo font is displayed beautifully. If you view the characters using Meiryo, Let’s select “ClearType” always here.
※ Other fonts displayed with ClearType, and do this, not just the Meiryo. （ but sometimes also ClearType doesn’t work depending on the size and type of font. For example in the “Verdana” at least 18 pt works, but it less than with not work. ）
At least the “Meiryo” download / install / Setup is complete.
Using Meiryo font can be displayed in the browser, let them.
Using Meiryo Step.2 browser on how it’s >>
[Step.2-1] browser default font settings to the “Meiryo”
Internet Explorer on Windows XP standard fonts are set to “Verdana”. If you change yourself past the least but not be “Meiryo”. So if you just installed the “Meiryo” font “Meiryo” in does not occur.
※ If you are writing style sheets, such as the “Meiryo” used to display on the Web page, in Meiryo for that part.
So “Meiryo” change default font settings, standard, Meiryo is used in the show, let’s set. Manipulate these steps follows.
Step 1 Display the Internet Options dialog
As shown below, and click “Internet Options” from the Internet Explorer menu “Tools” > “Internet Options” dialog to display. It is nearly identical to either IE6 or IE7.
| £ Internet Explorer Internet Options dialog |
Select the “Meiryo” font dialog step 2
Click the ‘fonts’ button and open the font dialog. Font list appears there, select the “Meiryo” and click the “OK” button.
※ Meiryo is installed, even if not listed, regardless of the restart the browser to try again.
| ▲ Click OK and select the “Meiryo” font list |
The action makes Meiryo font is used to view for page display fonts are not specifically.
※ Meiryo, proportional font (width for different characters fonts) so you cannot select on the plain text font. For, such as in the input form “etc fonts” in Meiryo is not used in the instance. （ If you write style sheets page authors such as a textarea element to appear in a Meiryo, Meiryo is accepted in the input form. ）
Non-Internet Explorer browser settings
Even non-IE browser default font setting can be changed. Configurable steps for Firefox, Opera and Safari. (For Windows)
- You can set “default font” in “content”-> “options”-> menu Tools-> Firefox.
- You can set “fonts” in the “Web pages” tab > “normal font” section, or the “Advanced settings” tab-> “settings”-> menu Tools-> Opera.
- You can set standard font in “view”-> “settings”-> Edit menu > Safari.
Now, Meiryo not used “page not particularly specify the display font”, but with these settings. If the “Verdana” used the page you tried to view is displayed in the font, described in the style sheet, etc.
We introduce the way to ignore the last specified in the Web page font and anything to appear in the “Meiryo”.
Using Meiryo to ignore the font specified on the Step.2-2 page at >>
Using Meiryo, ignoring the font on the page [Step.2-2]
Even if no font side of Web pages, use the option to display the font only disabled to be displayed using the “Meiryo” be sure to.
Click the “accessibility” button from the “Internet Options” dialog shown in step 1 of the previous page. Then below dialog box appears, check mark to disable font styles specified on Web pages. And all font formatting if you close with OK button written in side of the Web page will be ignored.
Default font is configured in the “Meiryo” every character is displayed in Meiryo,.
| ▲ able to set Accessibility dialog and ignore the font on the page. |
Uncheck the item, within the dialog displayed in the “Advanced” button in the “fonts and colors” section “content”-> “options”-> “Tools”-> Firefox “Web page fonts, to prefer”, ignore the font on the page.
How to use user style sheet
Browser option above “only fonts ignore such does not exist any available user style sheets, can font”Meiryo”the force in the following procedure.
Also, using the option ignore only the font entry form, including “etc. points displayed in monospace font” the Meiryo is not used. From pgothic proportional fonts is. To use such occurrences Meiryo, you can use the method below.
※ Use the Meiryo where such means not too much.
Create a style sheet file, describing only the following three lines.
* {
font-family: “Meiryo”! important;
}
Written for and a selector, once all the elements, you can target. As soon as the value of the “! important” in may, will be applied to override the styling of the page author-side.
※ “! important” only if made without the font characters are displayed in Meiryo.
For example save it file name such as userstylesheet.css.
Browser settings (below), specify this file as a user style sheet. Then, all the font “Meiryo” the all characters will as displayed Meiryo only in.
| ▲ How to specify user style sheet (IE, “user assistance” dialog) |
Note
How to display anything in Meiryo mentioned on this page”is displayed and only if you want to check, such as using Meiryo available. To ignore the font formatting specified page from the usual meaning of every character to appear in Meiryo is not so much. If you liked the Meiryo uses if given even to the default font should be enough.
The end
This is introduced, such as how to use and install the “Meiryo” font on Windows XP and how to specify the “Meiryo” as the default font for the browser. Please try out people try them “Meiryo” in Windows XP.