Kanji Stroke Order font
Kanji Stroke Order font is a free Japanese font that you can download. What’s so special about this font is that it has a small number attached to each strokes, and the number indicates the stroke order. It’s a good font to have if you want to learn the proper stroke order when writing Japanese characters.
Usage Permission
- Free for personal, non-commercial and commercial projects
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Supported characters
- Hiragana and Katakana
- Kanji
- Alphanumeric
- Symbols and Punctuation
Just what I needed for teaching my son’s class. ありがとうございます!
Hi, Dropbox is blocked in china. As are Google sites. Is there an alternate download?
Hi annan, yes just go to the Google Sites and download from there. As time of writing the version is v4.000
I just downloaded to my Mac 10.12.3 and added to the Font Book. When I type in English in Word (15.27), I can see the stroke order numbers showing but when I switch to Japanese, the font automatically changes to Yu Mincho Regular (Body Asian). I am unable to switch the font back to Kanji Stroke Orders if I am in Japanese keyboard. Any suggestions?
I’m not a Mac person, but it seems like this might be related to the software you’re using. For example, OpenOffice/LibreOffice let you specify two fonts for a paragraph style: one for western languages, and one for Asian languages. You might be facing a similar issue, and if you are changing the ‘normal’ font, it might be changing one, but using the other.
Hope this helps, even if the reply is months later. 🙂
I am the maintainer of this font. I’ve just released Kanji Stroke Order Font version 4.002. It now has proper support for Microsoft Word on Macintosh.
Is there a version of this same font without the stroke order? I want to use the stroke order to help my beginner students but use it without the numbers for worksheets and PowerPoints. Thanks in advance!
I afraid there might not have the version without stroke order. Please look for alternatives.
Yes, there is the font Choumei, also on http://www.nihilist.org.uk. It’s an earlier version of the Kanji Stroke Order Font with the numbers removed.
I am the maintainer of the Kanji Stroke Order Font. I’ve just released a new version (v4.002) at http://www.nihilist.org.uk. This new version supports Microsoft Word for Mac – a kind user helped me track down what the problem was.
Also at http://www.nihilist.org.uk is the font Choumei, which is like the Kanji Stroke Order Font but without the numbers. I don’t maintain it anymore but it may still be useful: there are not many free CJK fonts out there. Having said that, I did update it to support Microsoft Word for Mac at the same time as releasing v4.002 of KSOF.
Hello! I just downloaded this on Windows but whenever I try to type in Japanese it won’t work. The font automatically switches itself back to the basic Japanese font. How do I fix this?
Hi Stephanie, did you properly selected the font face when typing it?
hi, I am going to produce a Japanese script writing book for beginners and sell it in India, can I use this font for commercial works?
Hi, yes you can.
Despite what the maintainer claims, the new version does not work on a Mac when typing in Japanese. Can someone please explain how to override the default so this font can be employed?
FYI,
The homepage website has moved from google sites to https://www.nihilist.org.uk/ .