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I have been learning Japanese for about a year now, so I don't have that much experience reading Japanese text yet [1]. I'm aware of some of the visual differen
by majewsky 6y ago
I have been learning Japanese for about a year now, so I don't have that much experience reading Japanese text yet [1]. I'm aware of some of the visual differences between Chinese and Japanese fonts, but I have not yet had trouble reading Japanese text set in a Chinese font. If you have any specific examples for Kanji that are difficult to recognize in a Chinese font, I'd be interested.
[1] Although on the other hand you could argue that I'm spending more conscious effort reading Japanese text than a native speaker would.
- ChrisSD 6y agoSorry, I can't speak confidently on this because I can't read Japanese (or Chinese or Korean). I can only report what I've been told by users. Including language metadata with text was felt to be especially important for Japanese and Korean users. I was told the difference was like having "595 kg" displayed as "5P5 kg". That is, it's possible to decipher the intended meaning but it looks wrong and it takes a moment to work out what was meant. Depending on the language some glyphs can be mirror images, have extra strokes, strokes missing or in different places or at different angles.