Chinese Japanese and Korean

Setup for Japanese

% 2024-02 Otared Kavian, Jeong Dal et al.
\mainlanguage[ja]

\definefontfamily[JapaneseFont][rm][Noto Serif JP]
  [   it={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}},
      sl={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}},
      bi={style:bold,features:{*,slanted}},force=yes]

\definefontfamily[JapaneseFont][ss][Noto Serif JP]
  [   it={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}},
      sl={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}},
      bi={style:bold,features:{*,slanted}},force=yes]

\definefontfamily[JapaneseFont][tt][Noto Serif JP]
  [   it={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}},
      sl={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}},
      bi={style:bold,features:{*,slanted}},force=yes]

\definefontfamily[JapaneseFont][math][Tex Gyre Termes Math]
%\definefontfamily[JapaneseFont][math][Tex Gyre Pagella Math]
%\definefontfamily[JapaneseFont][math][Tex Gyre Aventor]

%%%%

\setupbodyfont[JapaneseFont,12pt]
\setupruby[location=top,voffset=-2ex]
\setupwhitespace[big]
\setscript[nihongo]

\starttext
\ruby{早}{はや}く。
いきましょう。
\stoptext

Setup for Chinese

Get inspirated with importing Chinese fonts with this script.

1. You need some Chinese (TrueType) fonts; you may want to get for example Microsoft Truetype fonts:
   1. STSong,
   2. STZhongsong,
   3. STXihei,
   4. STKaiti,
   5. STFangsong.
2. Example of some basic document with enabled Chinese:

\mainlanguage[cn]
\language[cn]
\setscript[hanzi] % hyphenation

% Enable fonts
\usetypescriptfile[mscore]
\setupbodyfont [mschinese,12pt]
\usebodyfont   [mschinese-light,12pt]
\definebodyfontenvironment[24pt]
\definebodyfontenvironment[18pt]

\setuppagenumber [numberconversion=cn]
\definestructureconversionset[chinese][numbers][cn]
\setupheads [sectionconversionset=chinese]

\define[2]\ChineseChapter{第#1章 #2}
\setuphead[chapter][command=\ChineseChapter,style={\bf\switchtobodyfont[24pt]}]
\setuphead[section][style={\bf\switchtobodyfont[18pt]}]

\setuppagenumbering[state=start,
    alternative=singlesided,
    location={footer, center},
    style={\bf\switchtobodyfont[11pt]}
]

\starttext
\chapter{华文字体系列}
 
在微软提供的 Office 套装中附带了一定数量的中文字体,这些字体是常州华文印刷新技术有限公司制造的。

\startitemize
\item \type{\it}: {\it 华文仿宋}
\item \type{\rm}: {\rm 华文仿宋}
\item \type{\bf}: {\bf 华文中宋}
\item \type{\ss}: {\ss 华文细黑}
\item \type{\tfxx}: {\tfxx 华文仿宋}
\item \type{\tfx}: {\tfx 华文仿宋}
\item \type{\tf}: {\tf 华文仿宋}
\item \type{\tfa}: {\tfa 华文仿宋}
\item \type{\tfb}: {\tfb  华文仿宋}
\item \type{\tfc}: {\tfc 华文仿宋}
\item \type{\tfd}: {\tfd 华文仿宋}
\stopitemize
\stoptext

Setup for Korean

You need fonts which contain hangul characters (don’t forget to set a math font because it is used for the symbols in enumerations) and you have to enable linebreaking for Korean with the \setscript command.

% Wolfgang Schuster 2017-12-06
\mainlanguage[kr]

\definefallbackfamily [mainface] [rm] [Nanum Myeongjo] [preset=range:korean]
\definefontfamily     [mainface] [rm] [DejaVu Serif]

\definefallbackfamily [mainface] [ss] [Nanum Gothic] [preset=range:korean]
\definefontfamily     [mainface] [ss] [DejaVu Sans]

\definefallbackfamily [mainface] [tt] [Nanum Gothic Coding] [features=none,preset=range:korean]
\definefontfamily     [mainface] [tt] [DejaVu Sans Mono] [features=none]

\definefontfamily     [mainface] [mm] [DejaVu Math]

\setupbodyfont[mainface]

\setscript[hangul]

\starttext

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Outdated

• old introduction Uptodate by Pragma: screen and paper version
• manual by Pragma: Chinese in ConTeXt (Old 2001)

See also

• CJK fonts