M+ FONTS For Google Fonts

Description

This repository is a subset of the M+ FONTS project, based on TESTFLIGHT-060 release, for distribution on Google Fonts. It is prepared by Ray Shan with permission from fonts' author Coji Morishita. The status of distributing these fonts on Google Fonts is tracked here.

Copyright (C) 2002-2015 M+ FONTS PROJECT / Coji Morishita 森下浩司

Only the contents of this repository, not the upstream source, is licensed under SIL OFL 1.1.

News

M PLUS 1p and M PLUS Rounded 1c are included in Google Fonts and Google Fonts + 日本語.

Progress on including other M+ variants can be tracked in the Google Fonts repo here.

README from upstream source

Below exerpt are taken from M+ repository's README_E, README_J files and the official website:

M+ OUTLINE FONTS は 2 種類のかな文字を持つ固定幅和文フォントと 4 種類の プロポーショナル欧文フォント、3 種類の半角固定幅欧文フォントの組み合わせから 構成され、それぞれ Thin から Black まで 7 種類（半角固定幅フォントは Bold まで 5 種類）のウエイトバリエーションがあります。

The M+ OUTLINE FONTS are distributed with proportional Latin (4 variations), fixed-halfwidth Latin (3 variations) and fixed-fullwidth Japanese (2 Kana variations) character set. 7 weights from Thin to Black are included, but fixed-halfwidth Latin with 5 weights from Thin to Bold.

プロポーショナルフォント（和文は全角固定幅、欧文・数字はプロポーショナル）PROPORTIONAL FONTS (proportional Latin and fixed-fullwidth Japanese)

明るく伸びやかなデザインを心がけた M+ P、文字組みの時のまとまりの良さを意識して再設計された M+ C。どちらも和文 M+ 1 との組み合わせを前提とした Type-1（M+ P Type-1、M+ C Type-1）、M+ 2 用に一部の文字が差し替えられた Type-2（M+ P Type-2、M+ C Type-2）の各 2 種類があります。

M+ P is aimed as sophisticated and relaxed design, while M+ C is optimized to be proportioned well in typesetting. Each have 2 variations: Type-1 (M+ P Type-1, M+ C Type-1) are intended to use with M+ 1 Japanese glyphs; Type-2 (M+ P Type-2, M+ C Type-2) has several altenative glyphs different from Type-1 to match with the design of M+ 2 Japanese glyphs.

M+ 1P

• mplus-1p-thin.ttf
• mplus-1p-light.ttf
• mplus-1p-regular.ttf
• mplus-1p-medium.ttf
• mplus-1p-bold.ttf
• mplus-1p-heavy.ttf
• mplus-1p-black.ttf

M+ 2P

• mplus-2p-thin.ttf
• mplus-2p-light.ttf
• mplus-2p-regular.ttf
• mplus-2p-medium.ttf
• mplus-2p-bold.ttf
• mplus-2p-heavy.ttf
• mplus-2p-black.ttf

M+ 1C

• mplus-1c-thin.ttf
• mplus-1c-light.ttf
• mplus-1c-regular.ttf
• mplus-1c-medium.ttf
• mplus-1c-bold.ttf
• mplus-1c-heavy.ttf
• mplus-1c-black.ttf

M+ 2C

• mplus-2c-thin.ttf
• mplus-2c-light.ttf
• mplus-2c-regular.ttf
• mplus-2c-medium.ttf
• mplus-2c-bold.ttf
• mplus-2c-heavy.ttf
• mplus-2c-black.ttf

固定幅フォント（和文は全角、欧文・数字は半角の固定幅）FIXED-WIDTH FONTS (fixed-halfwidth Latin and fixed-fullwidth Japanese)

識別性を重視しつつ素直な字形を目指した M+ M、コーディングのための新しいデザイン性を意識した M+ MN。和文 M+ 1 との組み合わせを前提とした M+ M Type-1 と M+ MN Type-1、M+ 2 用に一部の文字が差し替えられた M+ M Type-2 の 3 種類があります。

M+ M emphasize the balance of natural letterform and high legibility. while M+ MN is aimed at a new distinctive design for a terminal font specialized to programming. There are 3 variations: M+ M Type-1 and M+ MN Type-1 are intended to use with M+ 1 Japanese glyphs; M+ M Type-2 has several altenative glyphs different from Type-1 to match with the design of M+ 2 Japanese glyphs.

M+ 1M

• mplus-1m-thin.ttf
• mplus-1m-light.ttf
• mplus-1m-regular.ttf
• mplus-1m-medium.ttf
• mplus-1m-bold.ttf

M+ 2M

• mplus-2m-thin.ttf
• mplus-2m-light.ttf
• mplus-2m-regular.ttf
• mplus-2m-medium.ttf
• mplus-2m-bold.ttf

M+ 1MN

• mplus-1mn-thin.ttf
• mplus-1mn-light.ttf
• mplus-1mn-regular.ttf
• mplus-1mn-medium.ttf
• mplus-1mn-bold.ttf

Resource Links

M+ OUTLINE FONTS http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/

mplus-fonts-dev ML http://lists.sourceforge.jp/mailman/listinfo/mplus-fonts-dev

M+ FONTS open forum http://sourceforge.jp/forum/forum.php?forum_id=3403