BIZ UDMincho is a free Mincho font for Japanese by Type Bank Co. and Morisawa Inc., on Google Fonts since 2022. It draws 10,053 kanji and the kana, and the English alphabet, in 2 weights, 400–700.
あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
01 / Characters
Hiragana, katakana and kanji
The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in BIZ UDMincho.
Hiragana ひらがな
Each with its sound
- あa
- いi
- うu
- えe
- おo
- かka
- きki
- くku
- けke
- こko
- さsa
- しshi
- すsu
- せse
- そso
- たta
- ちchi
- つtsu
- てte
- とto
- なna
- にni
- ぬnu
- ねne
- のno
- はha
- ひhi
- ふfu
- へhe
- ほho
- まma
- みmi
- むmu
- めme
- もmo
- やya
- ゆyu
- よyo
- らra
- りri
- るru
- れre
- ろro
- わwa
- をwo
- んn
Katakana カタカナ
Each with its sound
- アa
- イi
- ウu
- エe
- オo
- カka
- キki
- クku
- ケke
- コko
- サsa
- シshi
- スsu
- セse
- ソso
- タta
- チchi
- ツtsu
- テte
- トto
- ナna
- ニni
- ヌnu
- ネne
- ノno
- ハha
- ヒhi
- フfu
- ヘhe
- ホho
- マma
- ミmi
- ムmu
- メme
- モmo
- ヤya
- ユyu
- ヨyo
- ラra
- リri
- ルru
- レre
- ロro
- ワwa
- ヲwo
- ンn
Kanji 漢字
Each with its meaning
- 永eternity
- 日sun
- 月moon
- 火fire
- 水water
- 木tree
- 金gold
- 土earth
- 山mountain
- 川river
- 雨rain
- 花flower
- 空sky
- 海sea
- 風wind
- 森forest
- 夢dream
- 愛love
- 心heart
- 道way
- 書write
- 字letter
- 光light
- 春spring
- 夏summer
- 秋autumn
- 冬winter
- 東east
- 京capital
- 語language
02 / Text
As running text
The opening of Miyazawa Kenji’s The Polano Square.
あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。
あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。
あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。
03 / Weights
2 weights
400–700
- Regular · 400あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- Bold · 700あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
04 / Facts
What it covers
- Kanji
- 10,053
- More than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set
- Kana
- 189
- Hiragana and katakana, with their voiced and small forms
- Weights
- 2
- 400–700
- Vertical text
- Yes
- Vertical forms of its own, OpenType’s vert
- Font file
- 5.9 MB
- Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
- Licence
- OFL 1.1
- Free for commercial use
Designed by Type Bank Co. and Morisawa Inc. On Google Fonts since 2022, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:BIZ UDMinchoFonts with Latin like it →
06 / Questions
Questions about BIZ UDMincho
Answered from its licence and its font file, and each app’s own font list
Is BIZ UDMincho free for commercial use?
Yes. BIZ UDMincho is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale: print, websites, apps, videos and logos, for clients and in products. What it forbids is selling the font file on its own.
How do I download and install BIZ UDMincho?
FontKind doesn’t host BIZ UDMincho’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file: it holds two font files, one per weight. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Does BIZ UDMincho have kanji?
Yes: BIZ UDMincho draws 10,053 kanji, with the hiragana and katakana. That is more than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set for Japanese text.
How do I use BIZ UDMincho on a website?
Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts BIZ UDMincho into about a hundred small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 5.9 MB Regular file. To host it yourself, cut it down to the characters your pages use, a step called subsetting, and serve it as WOFF2: the SIL Open Font License allows that, and as BIZ UDMincho reserves no name, your copy may keep it.
Can BIZ UDMincho set vertical text?
Yes: BIZ UDMincho’s file has vertical forms, the OpenType vert feature, so in a vertical line its commas, full stops and brackets, and its small kana, turn and move as they should. On a web page, CSS writing-mode: vertical-rl sets a block vertically; Word, InDesign and Illustrator have vertical text of their own.
Can I use BIZ UDMincho in a game or an app?
Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build BIZ UDMincho into a game, an app or an e-book, sold or free, with no separate licence to buy, as many paid fonts require. Ship its licence with the font files, and don’t sell the font on its own.
Is BIZ UDMincho in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: BIZ UDMincho isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is BIZ UDMincho in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for BIZ UDMincho under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is BIZ UDMincho in Figma?
Yes: BIZ UDMincho is in Figma’s font menu with all two weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does BIZ UDMincho have?
BIZ UDMincho comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Does BIZ UDMincho have English letters?
Yes: BIZ UDMincho draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Japanese and English can stay in one font.
Who designed BIZ UDMincho?
BIZ UDMincho was designed by Type Bank Co. and Morisawa Inc. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2022.
What fonts are similar to BIZ UDMincho?
The most used Japanese Mincho fonts besides BIZ UDMincho are Noto Serif JP, Shippori Mincho and Sawarabi Mincho. See every Mincho font for Japanese.