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In Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, private-use-characters in the Segoe UI Symbol font were used for user interface iconography. Otherwise, user interface fonts for other languages are the same as in Windows 8.1. In order to make Yu Gothic UI perform as intended in Windows user interfaces, Yu Gothic UI is adapted from Yu Gothic with certain metric and character width modifications as well as alternate glyphs for Latin characters.įor non-user interface content, the Yu Gothic fonts are still included.įor optimal readability, the OpenType “palt” feature (proportional alternate widths) should be enabled for text formatted with Yu Gothic.Īnother change pertaining to user interface fonts is that a semilight weight has been added to the Malgun Gothic family. ![]() In Windows 10, the user interface font family for Japanese has changed to Yu Gothic UI for all editions. On Windows Phone 8.1, the popular Yu Gothic font was used for Japanese. In Windows 8.1, the Meiryo UI font family was used for Japanese text in the Windows user interface. In order to avoid duplication, the following scripts have been removed from Segoe UI Symbol and included in Segoe UI Historic: These are supported using the new Segoe UI Historic font: New scriptsĬertain other historic scripts were supported in earlier versions in the Segoe UI Symbol font. In addition to the scripts supported in earlier Windows releases, Windows 10 adds support for several additional, historic scripts. This section on Windows 10 covers all Windows 10 editions, including Desktop, Server and Mobile.Īll Windows 10 editions support the same set of scripts. The description above of previous releases applies to Windows Client (desktop) and Server editions. Windows 10 converges the Windows platform for use across multiple device categories. The list of languages for any given script is not necessarily exhaustive. ![]() ![]() It is also generally applicable to user interface frameworks such as RichEdit or the MSHTML rendering agent used for Windows apps and for rendering Web content, though those components may exhibit certain differences.Ĭomments on language usage are included in cases in which associations between scripts and languages may not be well known. The information provided here pertains primarily to GDI and DirectWrite. The Windows operating system has many text stack components: DirectWrite, GDI, Uniscribe, GDI+, WPF, RichEdit, ComCtl32, and others. Note that support for a script may require certain changes to text stack components as well as changes to fonts. This article describes changes made in each major release. Since before Windows 2000, text-display support for new scripts has been added in each major release of Windows.
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