5 unique free Japanese fonts for download
20.01.08Posted by: Jayhan Sim
Ever fancying of having some cool Japanese fonts instead of using the boring default system Japanese fonts? Well, you are in the right place. Here I found another 5 unique Japanese fonts that is free for download. Why another? This is because I wrote a similar post before which is “Cute Japanese font for download” and successfully helped people to find a more unique Japanese fonts.
It is quite hard to find free Japanese fonts and all the sites are written in Japanese, so if you don’t know Japanese but wish to view and download the fonts, please view my post about “3 smart tools to translate Japanese sites & words” to translate to English.
5 Unique Fonts
Aoyagi Kouzan (青柳衡山) – Link | Download TTF or OTF
Anzumoji (あんずもじ) – Link | Download
Kiroji (きろ字) – Link | Download
Uzura font (うずらフォント) – Link | Download
Azuki font (あずきフォント) – Link | Download – Regular | Bold
Instruction:
In order to use this font, assuming you are using Windows XP, you need to have Asian text languages and input text installed into your machine. Then you can go to Control Panel and double click Regional and Language Options. Then click the Languages tab and click the Details button. In the Settings panel, click Add, then find and select the Japanese Input Languages and click “Ok”. Now, Japanese input is in your input panel. Now, you can type Japanese characters in MS Words, Photoshop etc by selecting the “JP” at the Language Toolbar.
Credit: ocn.ne.jp
Update: This entry has been updated on 21 September 2010
Thanks for sharing! I sometimes like to even use these type of fonts for english text in projects because of their handwritten feel
January 21st, 2008 at 8:15 amyou are welcome, yeah pretty nice handwriting font as well.
January 21st, 2008 at 1:07 pmCool! i want to find this kind of fonts since so long already , now finally find it. Thank Jay Han! You are the Men! anyway let me ads my blog at here! Visit my blog toooooooo!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:27 pmglad that u like it
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 ami love the fonts, but i dont know how to download it…
February 19th, 2008 at 6:54 pmhelp me please
Hi lusia and anyone who find hard to download, here is the quick download links:
Aoyagi Kouzan
http://www.interq.or.jp/www1/anzawa/bin/aoyagikouzan2v1.lzh
Anzumoji
http://cgi38.plala.or.jp/p_dolce/dlcount/dlcount.cgi?f=6_1
Kiroji
http://www.ez0.net/distribution/font/kiloji/kiloji_2.1.0.zip
Uzura font
http://pocket-file.ddo.jp/azuki/uzurafont100.zip
Azuki font
February 20th, 2008 at 10:30 amhttp://pocket-file.ddo.jp/azuki/azukifont121.zip
doumo arigatou gozaimasu…
March 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pmhell like that…
thx for sharing the fonts, they’re very cute
March 26th, 2008 at 5:55 amdomo arigatoo!
do itashimashite!
March 26th, 2008 at 11:11 pmthanks for sharing
May 30th, 2008 at 2:20 pmyou are welcome bloodsinnerken
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 amomg… thank u so much for uploading…
im just amazed at myself because i know how to search for things in jap… and i know how to read a little but can’t seem to stumble across those sites u did! im like… ugh… hahahahahahah…
sooo hard finding those tat are free… anyway thnks thnks a hundred thnks… now i can type cutely~
July 15th, 2008 at 12:22 pmyeah, the japanese free fonts are really hard to find, some are very toublesome to download too. Actually I found more free fonts, might posting up in the future post
July 20th, 2008 at 1:24 ami want to download font Anzumoji and clicked on the link you provided. but when i downloaded the file, it was in .lzh format… I cant install into my computer ‘cos i need .ttf or something like that. Can you teach me? Thanks. (:
July 30th, 2008 at 7:36 pmHi xinyi, I think you should be able to install the font because, I downloaded a few japan fonts with .lzh extension and I successfully install it. Maybe you should try to extract it using WinRAR.
August 1st, 2008 at 9:46 pmHow do you get those symbols at the bottom of the azuki font? ;A;
August 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pmHi Rena, I have hard time to figure it out too… I wonder… by the way, if you download the font, be sure to read the readme.txt to find out.
August 10th, 2008 at 12:53 pmhelp please… when i download this font (Aoyagi Kouzan (青柳衡山) i receive a popup that says no application has been chosen to open this download. i cannot find an application to download this file to my mac. can anyone help me? i chose the only one available and now it says : Unable to read the dictionary of the application or extension because it is not scriptable. now i cannot even find other choices for opening this font. any ideas?? sorry for my ignorance.
thank you!
August 12th, 2008 at 12:31 pmas i mentioned earlier, try to use WinRAR to open it. Since you are using mac, maybe you can try this software: OpenUp 3.2
August 13th, 2008 at 2:55 pmhello Sir/Madam
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 pmi’m vicky, Plz can u tell me how i learn & write japenese lauguage? i have no teacher, no books, no any people help me. i true to write japenese lauguage in 1 month. this time i use kiro ji font but i have problem i can’t understand japenese lauguage. plz can u tell me how i free download endlish to japenese dictionary download. thanx i hope u reply me.
Have a nice day
Hi Friend, you can download free learn Japanese podcast over iTunes. Just use iTunes, go to the store and search “Learn Japanese”, then click on the podcast, then you can subscribe. For dictionary, you can use Google Translate. Well to really learn and write Japanese effectively, you have to pick up some books and even better study in language school.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:25 amyooo jychan
September 12th, 2008 at 2:31 pmthankz for share ya ^^
Thank you for spending your time posting these fonts.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 amI love it!! Thank you~
September 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmHey, thank you sooo much for these fonts! They’re really kawaiiii~
October 1st, 2008 at 11:56 pmyou are welcome Tashii
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 pmI’ve got Windows VISTA. How do I install the fonts??? =)
October 5th, 2008 at 1:43 pmHi Lizzie,
I never use Vista before, but I think the installation won’t defer much with XP. Perhaps this page can help.
October 5th, 2008 at 3:27 pmfor those who have been wondering about the symbols.
– if u go to insert symbols and scroll down through them you can find them.
January 12th, 2009 at 8:31 amSumimasen!
March 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pmi was wondering if there are any sites for mac users, I’m quite curious. I’ve tried and failed at looking at them on my mac, but it just doesn’t work haha. I looked at most of the fonts but i just cant get a decent download -.-” …but i digress, any suggestions?
@ Hokori: I have no idea too… sorry.
March 14th, 2009 at 2:20 pmありがとうございます！
March 26th, 2009 at 11:02 pmきれいもかわいいです！！！
Hi, I tried downloading it but it just says “file not found”
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 pmReally?
I think the download link has removed or changed.
July 6th, 2009 at 6:24 pmHiya!
I was able to download the font, however I don’t know how to change the Japanese that I typed at word document to the font that I have downloaded >.<
Please show me the way!
おねがいします!
July 6th, 2009 at 7:01 pmHi there, I’m not sure how to start using the font. Is it a language package that can be used in Word 2007, or a font used when typing on the Internet. Further information would be much appreciated (I’m sorry for writing this if you’ve already explained elsewhere and I didn’t see T.T), for example…After unzipping it, what do I do? O_o
August 19th, 2009 at 6:12 amthanks for sharing.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:02 pmi`m wondering if you have japanese (hiragana, katakana and kanji) dotted style. i`m keep searching for this font style and really hard to find it!!
i`m glad if you post this font style, because i need it to
teach japansese.
please help me…!!
After download and unzip the font, you need to install the font, for example in Windows, font can be install in Control Panel > Fonts folder. After that you need to make sure that your system supports Asian Languages. Then you can go to Control Panel and double click Regional and Language Options. Then click the Languages tab and click the Details button. In the Settings panel, click Add, then find and select the Japanese Input Languages and click “Ok”. Now, Japanese input is in your input panel. Now, you can type Japanese characters in MS Words, Photoshop etc by selecting the “JP” at the Language Toolbar. And plus, make sure you need to select “Hiragana” to type Japanese instead of direct input.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:04 pmit seems like the links that jayhan had posted doesnt work anymore
September 6th, 2009 at 1:06 amEXCEPT the anzumoji one
does anyone have the direct download links? or to link me to the page?
Hi, I think they remove the download link. Perhaps I need to search for the new links.
September 10th, 2009 at 7:18 pmGorgeous collection! Thank you for compiling this
September 18th, 2009 at 11:02 amHi !
The azuki and uzura fonts can be found on this website :
http://azukifont.mints.ne.jp/font/index.html
bye
October 4th, 2009 at 6:26 amI think we all struggle with from time to time. ,
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 pm[...] 5 Unique Free Japanese Fonts For Download [...]
January 20th, 2010 at 1:11 pmThanks for this!
Keep it up!
February 4th, 2010 at 12:37 amcool! thanks for sharing!
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:10 pmHelp me please!!! I cant download the Azuki font :/
September 20th, 2010 at 12:25 amHi Renshu, the Azuki font’s url has changed to http://azukifont.com/font/azuki.html
The font download link is:
September 20th, 2010 at 9:58 pmNormal – http://azukifont.com/font/azukifont121.zip
Bold – http://azukifont.com/font/azukifontB120.zip
Yes! Been looking for a Kanji font that’s different from the usual style. Been planning a Vocaloid video, but i didn’t want to use the boring font on our computer. Thanks for posting this!
October 23rd, 2010 at 7:57 amhi, thanks for sharing! i’d like to put the azuki fonts on my cellphone, but it needs the fonts.xml file,
November 24th, 2010 at 7:38 amcan you help me? thanks!
yoyooo,, thanks for sharing the fontsT____T
November 29th, 2010 at 1:38 pmthe fonts are really nice:目
but like i hav problem in trying the use the 繪文字囧囧
can u please teach me how to i use it in the azuki?, my notepad
does not read japanese:((
Hi tako, actually I have no idea too! Perhaps you should check out the font’s character map?
November 30th, 2010 at 1:54 pmHi, thx a lot^^
January 5th, 2011 at 2:41 pmmay i know how to type the 繪文字 in Azuki font (あずきフォント)?
Dear Sir I want to free downloads of japanese language. please help to free downloads of Japanese fonts
January 16th, 2011 at 5:57 amThank you for gathering all these. Do you have any idea where I can “cute” Korean fonts as well?
April 23rd, 2011 at 2:19 pmi was actually looking for ways and sites download and am having a hard time understanding the kanji. T_T thank you so much for this~ it’s really a great help. keep up the good work!
May 4th, 2011 at 10:04 amHey really cool fonts. Perfect for my project. Quick question for you. Do the Japanese read from right to left? Or do they write from top to bottom in single file?
May 8th, 2011 at 11:55 pmHi Alan, if is written horizontal, then will read from left to right. But if is written vertically (top to bottom), then the sentences will be read from right to left.
May 17th, 2011 at 5:52 amarigato gozaimasu for ur fonts,
June 29th, 2011 at 8:23 amright. so for all the people who can’t find the cute symbols from azuki.
sooo….here’s how:
(for Windows users. please don’t ask me about mac)
1. open up MSword. (yes, that would be a good idea)
2. insert >> symbols. a box should pop up with a whole bunch of symbols.
3. in that window:
font >> azuki font
subset >> box drawing
from >> unicode (hex)
4. scroll down (be patient)
eventually they’ll all appear (roughly a quarter way through)
July 5th, 2011 at 12:15 pmhit the box with the symbol you want and click insert! (:
Thanks for the great tip! I also having hard time finding the symbols..
July 11th, 2011 at 4:05 pmThanks a lot its amazing!
August 9th, 2011 at 4:37 pmI love it! *CHU*
thanks for shared your article.
February 28th, 2012 at 8:20 amsankyuu..
August 7th, 2012 at 12:38 amThank you for sharing such beautiful fonts. I’m currently working on my blogs so I want to make it more fancy. I could also use it when I’m editing in photoshop.
November 4th, 2012 at 1:41 pm