文字追加・符号実装追加を行いましたので、メジャー番号が更新されました。
IPAex明朝フォントVer.002.01: Ver.001.03からの変更内容
IPAexゴシックフォントVer.002.01: Ver.001.02からの変更内容
U+53A9;U+E0103 U+6062;U+E0102 U+7337;U+E0101 U+7511;U+E0103 U+55A9;U+E0102 U+6FF9;U+E0101
U+2FF0 U+2FF1 U+2FF2 U+2FF3 U+2FF4 U+2FF5 U+2FF6 U+2FF7 U+2FF8 U+2FF9 U+2FFA U+2FFB
U+2F39(CJK康煕部首エリア)の文字を作成し、U+2F39とU+5F50(CJK統合漢字エリア)に同一の字形を重複して実装。
U+5F98;U+E0101 U+66B5;U+E0101 U+696F;U+E0100 U+696F;U+E0101 U+8A0A;U+E0101 U+8AB9;U+E0101 U+8B7F;U+E0100 U+71B1
異体字対応の符号化実装の追加を行いました。
IPAexフォントは、JIS X 0213:2000からJIS X 0213:2004に規格が更新された際に変更された新旧双方の字形を含めた異体字を、Adobe-Japan1のコレクションに則ったIVS(Ideographic Variation Sequence)により実装しています。IPAexフォントVer.002.01ではデフォルトグリフにもIVSを付与し、IVSを付与した文字数はVer.001.03から180文字増え、合計352文字(下記一覧のPDF)となりました。同一のUCS符号に複数のIVSが付与されている文字についてそのデフォルトグリフはJIS X0213:2004字形です。
なお、IPAex明朝とIPAexゴシックの統一した管理を行うために、IPAexゴシックにはIVS実装352文字の内の一部に、明朝体での字形の差をゴシック体では表現できない場合、異なるIVSでありながら字形が同一となっている場合があります。
U+5026;U+E0101 | U+50C5;U+E0101 | U+5132;U+E0101 | U+514E;U+E0101 |
U+51A4;U+E0101 | U+5307;U+E0100 | U+537F;U+E0102 | U+53A9;U+E0103 |
U+53A9;U+E0105 | U+53C9;U+E0101 | U+53DB;U+E0101 | U+53DF;U+E0101 |
U+54AC;U+E0101 | U+54E8;U+E0101 | U+55B0;U+E0101 | U+5632;U+E0101 |
U+5642;U+E0101 | U+564C;U+E0101 | U+56C0;U+E0101 | U+5835;U+E0101 |
U+5906;U+E0101 | U+5A29;U+E0101 | U+5BDB;U+E0100 | U+5C51;U+E0101 |
U+5C60;U+E0101 | U+5DF7;U+E0101 | U+5E96;U+E0101 | U+5EDF;U+E0101 |
U+5EFB;U+E0101 | U+5F98;U+E0101 | U+5FBD;U+E0101 | U+6062;U+E0101 |
U+6062;U+E0102 | U+609E;U+E0101 | U+6108;U+E0101 | U+61F2;U+E0100 |
U+6241;U+E0101 | U+633A;U+E0101 | U+633D;U+E0101 | U+6357;U+E0101 |
U+6372;U+E0101 | U+63C3;U+E0101 | U+646F;U+E0100 | U+647A;U+E0101 |
U+64B0;U+E0101 | U+64E2;U+E0101 | U+65A7;U+E0101 | U+6666;U+E0101 |
U+66B5;U+E0101 | U+6717;U+E0101 | U+6753;U+E0101 | U+6756;U+E0101 |
U+6897;U+E0101 | U+6962;U+E0101 | U+696F;U+E0101 | U+698A;U+E0101 |
U+6994;U+E0101 | U+69CC;U+E0101 | U+6A0B;U+E0101 | U+6A3D;U+E0101 |
U+6ADB;U+E0100 | U+6B4E;U+E0101 | U+6C72;U+E0101 | U+6DEB;U+E0101 |
U+6EA2;U+E0101 | U+6EBA;U+E0101 | U+6F23;U+E0100 | U+7015;U+E0101 |
U+701E;U+E0101 | U+7026;U+E0101 | U+7058;U+E0101 | U+7078;U+E0101 |
U+707C;U+E0101 | U+7149;U+E0100 | U+714E;U+E0101 | U+7152;U+E0101 |
U+717D;U+E0102 | U+723A;U+E0101 | U+724C;U+E0101 | U+7259;U+E0101 |
U+72E1;U+E0101 | U+7337;U+E0102 | U+7337;U+E0101 | U+7511;U+E0102 |
U+7511;U+E0103 | U+7515;U+E0102 | U+7526;U+E0101 | U+75BC;U+E0101 |
U+77A5;U+E0101 | U+7941;U+E0101 | U+7947;U+E0101 | U+79B0;U+E0101 |
U+79E4;U+E0101 | U+7A17;U+E0101 | U+7A7F;U+E0101 | U+7AC8;U+E0101 |
U+7B08;U+E0102 | U+7B75;U+E0101 | U+7BAD;U+E0101 | U+7BB8;U+E0101 |
U+7BC7;U+E0101 | U+7BDD;U+E0101 | U+7C3E;U+E0102 | U+7C7E;U+E0102 |
U+7C82;U+E0101 | U+7FEB;U+E0101 | U+7FF0;U+E0101 | U+8171;U+E0101 |
U+817F;U+E0101 | U+8258;U+E0101 | U+8292;U+E0101 | U+82A6;U+E0101 |
U+8328;U+E0101 | U+845B;U+E0101 | U+84EC;U+E0101 | U+8511;U+E0101 |
U+853D;U+E0101 | U+85A9;U+E0101 | U+85AF;U+E0101 | U+85F7;U+E0101 |
U+8612;U+E0100 | U+8654;U+E0101 | U+86F8;U+E0101 | U+8703;U+E0101 |
U+8755;U+E0101 | U+8805;U+E0101 | U+8956;U+E0101 | U+8A0A;U+E0101 |
U+8A1D;U+E0102 | U+8A3B;U+E0101 | U+8A6E;U+E0101 | U+8AB9;U+E0101 |
U+8AFA;U+E0101 | U+8B0E;U+E0101 | U+8B2C;U+E0101 | U+8B7F;U+E0101 |
U+8C79;U+E0101 | U+8CED;U+E0101 | U+8FBB;U+E0101 | U+8FBF;U+E0101 |
U+8FC2;U+E0101 | U+8FC4;U+E0101 | U+8FE6;U+E0101 | U+9017;U+E0101 |
U+9019;U+E0101 | U+9022;U+E0101 | U+903C;U+E0101 | U+9041;U+E0102 |
U+905C;U+E0101 | U+9061;U+E0101 | U+912D;U+E0101 | U+914B;U+E0101 |
U+91DC;U+E0101 | U+9306;U+E0101 | U+9375;U+E0101 | U+939A;U+E0101 |
U+9453;U+E0101 | U+9699;U+E0101 | U+9771;U+E0101 | U+9784;U+E0101 |
U+9798;U+E0101 | U+97AD;U+E0101 | U+98F4;U+E0101 | U+9905;U+E0101 |
U+990C;U+E0103 | U+9910;U+E0101 | U+9957;U+E0101 | U+99C1;U+E0101 |
U+9A19;U+E0101 | U+9A4A;U+E0101 | U+9BAB;U+E0101 | U+9BD6;U+E0101 |
U+9C2F;U+E0101 | U+9C52;U+E0101 | U+9D09;U+E0101 | U+9D60;U+E0101 |
U+55A9;U+E0102 | U+55A9;U+E0100 | U+6FF9;U+E0101 | U+6FF9;U+E0100 |
ハイフン(U+002D, U+2010, U+2011, U+2012)に対して、縦書き時に縦用文字に切り替える設定を行いました。
IPAex明朝:fontRevision:1.030 --> 【変更後】2.010
IPAexゴシック:fontRevision:1.020 --> 【変更後】2.010
ID0 (Copyright)
2003-2009 --> 【変更後】2003-2012
ID3(Unique Font Identifier)
IPAex明朝:IPAexMincho Version 001.03--> 【変更後】IPAexMincho Version 002.01
IPAexゴシック:IPAexGothic Version 001.02 --> 【変更後】IPAexGothic Version 002.01
ID5(Version)
IPAex明朝:Version 001.03 --> 【変更後】Version 002.01
IPAexゴシック:Version 001.02 --> 【変更後】Version 002.01
【対象】
U+5099 | U+5291 | U+52B1 | U+533B | U+55C5 | U+5674 | U+58B3 | U+58D3 | U+5965 | U+5967 |
U+59FF | U+5C31 | U+61A4 | U+62C9 | U+62ED | U+646F | U+6681 | U+66B4 | U+6751 | U+6795 |
U+6797 | U+68B0 | U+697C | U+6A23 | U+6B21 | U+6BBC | U+6C88 | U+6DE1 | U+6F06 | U+6F5B |
U+708E | U+713C | U+71B1 | U+7259 | U+73A9 | U+74F6 | U+7501 | U+7A31 | U+7A7A | U+7A81 |
U+7A93 | U+7A9F | U+7AAE | U+819D | U+821E | U+8511 | U+8AC7 | U+8AEE | U+8CC7 | U+8E74 |
U+91AB | U+9858 | U+990C | U+9F9C | U+FA55 |
IPAex明朝(ver.001.03)は、新しい常用漢字表(平成22年内閣告示第2号)の印刷に使用されています。
内閣告示された新しい常用漢字表
http://www.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihongo/jyoyokanji_kokuji.html
「改定常用漢字表に対するJIS 漢字コード規格の対応状況について」(経済産業省)は、こちらをご覧ください。
http://www.meti.go.jp/press/20101130001/20101130001.html
ユニコード |
グリフネーム |
文字 |
注釈 |
---|---|---|---|
U+5307 |
aj20301 |
匇 |
JIS X 0213:2004字形に変更(IPAex明朝のみ) |
U+5307 U+E0101 |
aj8404 |
匇 |
IVSを付与 |
U+00A7 |
aj106 |
§ |
プロポーショナル字形を収容 |
U+00B0 |
aj155 |
° |
プロポーショナル字形を収容 |
U+00B6 |
aj118 |
¶ |
全角幅字形を収容 |
U+2014 |
aj138 |
― |
プロポーショナル字形を収容 |
U+2032 |
aj9356 |
′ |
プロポーショナル字形を収容 |
U+2033 |
aj9357 |
″ |
プロポーショナル字形を収容 |
U+22BF |
aj15882 |
⊿ |
他の学術記号と同様の新デザインを収容 |
fontRevision:1.000 --> 1.020
ID0 (Copyright) :2003-2009 --> 2003-2010
ID3(Unique Font Identifier):
IPAexMincho --> IPAexMincho Version 001.02
IPAexGothic --> IPAexGothic Version 001.02
フォント名をフォント名+バージョンの文字列で設定しました。
ID5(Version) :Version 001.01 --> Version 001.02
一部の画面上での表示環境(12pt/96dpi等)において'白'や'向'の一画目の形状がおかしくなる現象に対応しました。
JIS X 0213:2004準拠なので、jp04 featureタグを削除し、jp90 featureタグの追加により90JIS字形置換機能を追加しました。
IPAexフォントは、JIS X 0213:2000からJIS X0213:2004に規格が更新された際に変更された字形について、新旧双方の字形を、IVS(Ideographic Variation Sequence)方式[1]で収容しています。IPAexフォント(Ver.001.02)での対象文字数は172文字です(Ver.001.01からは1文字追加されています)。
なお、IPAex明朝とIPAexゴシックの統一したID管理を行うために、172文字の内の一部に、字形変更されていない字形が含まれています。
「IPA明朝・IPA P明朝」および「IPAゴシック・IPA Pゴシック」をそれぞれ一つのフォントに統合した「IPAex明朝」、「IPAexゴシック」を新規に開発しました。和文文字(仮名、約物 、漢字)は固定幅で、欧文文字は文字幅に合せた幅(変動幅)を基本としたドキュメント用日本語フォントの標準的な実装を行いました。
「IPAexフォント」は「IPAフォント」の文字デザインを踏襲しつつ、以下の様なデザイン変更を行いました。
(1) IPAex明朝の仮名デザイン、IPAexゴシックの濁点のデザインを全面見直しをしました。
(2) 数学記号全般を視覚的に違和感のないようにデザイン統一しました。
(3) 一部の固定幅(全角サイズ)でデザインされた欧文グリフを変動幅に設定しました。
(4) 矢印、幾何学模様、その他の記号類などを固定幅(全角サイズ)に合せて最適化しました。
(5) U+0361(COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE)とU+203F(UNDERTIE)の修正。この2つの字形は、標準的な和文書体と文字送り幅が異なっていたため、適切なデザインに修正しました。
「IPAフォント」では、U+005CとU+00A5の双方に重複して円記号“¥”を割り当てています。しかし、「IPAexフォント」では、多様なプラットフォームでの使用を前提とした国際的な相互運用性を重視し、Unicodeの仕様通りU+005Cにバックスラッシュ“\”、U+00A5に円記号“¥”を割り当てました。
IPAexフォントは、JIS X 0213:2000からJIS X 0213:2004に規格が更新された際に変更された字形について、新旧双方の字形を、IVS(Ideographic Variation Sequence)方式[1]で収録しています。対象文字数は171文字です。
UnicodeのCJK Symbols、CJK Compatibility Symbols、Enclosed CJKにおける使用頻度の高い文字(AJ1-6に存在する文字)、202文字を新規に収録しました。
注:
[1] Ideographic Variation Sequence (IVS):
異体字を、通常の文字コードと異体字識別番号との組で表現する方式です(http://unicode.org/reports/tr37/)
The major version is changed, with the addition of glyphs and code positions.
Changes from IPAex Mincho Ver.001.03 to Ver.002.01
Changes from IPAex Gothic Ver.001.02 to Ver.002.01
-Nov 2012
Added Ideographic Variation Sequences (IVS) and glyphs, six sequences to elaborate glyph shapes corresponding to JIS X 0213:2000 example glyph shapes.
U+53A9;U+E0103 U+6062;U+E0102 U+7337;U+E0101 U+7511;U+E0103 U+55A9;U+E0102 U+6FF9;U+E0101
U+2FF0 U+2FF1 U+2FF2 U+2FF3 U+2FF4 U+2FF5 U+2FF6 U+2FF7 U+2FF8 U+2FF9 U+2FFA U+2FFB
Added one new KangXi radical form and encoded both U+2F39 (KangXi Radicals Block) and U+5F50 (CJK Unified Ideographs Block).
U+5F98;U+E0101 U+66B5;U+E0101 U+696F;U+E0100 U+696F;U+E0101 U+8A0A;U+E0101 U+8AB9;U+E0101 U+8B7F;U+E0100 U+71B1
IPAex Font has been implemented several Ideographic Variation Sequences, including different glyph shapes between JIS X 0213:2000 and JIS X 0213:2004. In IPAex Font Version 002.01, IVSs are added to default glyph, consequently total number of IVSs changed to 352. The default glyphs, which appear without IVS environment, correspond to the exemplified shapes in JIS X 0213:2004.
Noted that some IVSs in 352 sequences of IPAex Gothic Font have same glyph shapes for different sequences, because some differences of glyph shapes in Mincho font design have no meaning in Gothic font design.
U+5026;U+E0101 | U+50C5;U+E0101 | U+5132;U+E0101 | U+514E;U+E0101 |
U+51A4;U+E0101 | U+5307;U+E0100 | U+537F;U+E0102 | U+53A9;U+E0103 |
U+53A9;U+E0105 | U+53C9;U+E0101 | U+53DB;U+E0101 | U+53DF;U+E0101 |
U+54AC;U+E0101 | U+54E8;U+E0101 | U+55B0;U+E0101 | U+5632;U+E0101 |
U+5642;U+E0101 | U+564C;U+E0101 | U+56C0;U+E0101 | U+5835;U+E0101 |
U+5906;U+E0101 | U+5A29;U+E0101 | U+5BDB;U+E0100 | U+5C51;U+E0101 |
U+5C60;U+E0101 | U+5DF7;U+E0101 | U+5E96;U+E0101 | U+5EDF;U+E0101 |
U+5EFB;U+E0101 | U+5F98;U+E0101 | U+5FBD;U+E0101 | U+6062;U+E0101 |
U+6062;U+E0102 | U+609E;U+E0101 | U+6108;U+E0101 | U+61F2;U+E0100 |
U+6241;U+E0101 | U+633A;U+E0101 | U+633D;U+E0101 | U+6357;U+E0101 |
U+6372;U+E0101 | U+63C3;U+E0101 | U+646F;U+E0100 | U+647A;U+E0101 |
U+64B0;U+E0101 | U+64E2;U+E0101 | U+65A7;U+E0101 | U+6666;U+E0101 |
U+66B5;U+E0101 | U+6717;U+E0101 | U+6753;U+E0101 | U+6756;U+E0101 |
U+6897;U+E0101 | U+6962;U+E0101 | U+696F;U+E0101 | U+698A;U+E0101 |
U+6994;U+E0101 | U+69CC;U+E0101 | U+6A0B;U+E0101 | U+6A3D;U+E0101 |
U+6ADB;U+E0100 | U+6B4E;U+E0101 | U+6C72;U+E0101 | U+6DEB;U+E0101 |
U+6EA2;U+E0101 | U+6EBA;U+E0101 | U+6F23;U+E0100 | U+7015;U+E0101 |
U+701E;U+E0101 | U+7026;U+E0101 | U+7058;U+E0101 | U+7078;U+E0101 |
U+707C;U+E0101 | U+7149;U+E0100 | U+714E;U+E0101 | U+7152;U+E0101 |
U+717D;U+E0102 | U+723A;U+E0101 | U+724C;U+E0101 | U+7259;U+E0101 |
U+72E1;U+E0101 | U+7337;U+E0102 | U+7337;U+E0101 | U+7511;U+E0102 |
U+7511;U+E0103 | U+7515;U+E0102 | U+7526;U+E0101 | U+75BC;U+E0101 |
U+77A5;U+E0101 | U+7941;U+E0101 | U+7947;U+E0101 | U+79B0;U+E0101 |
U+79E4;U+E0101 | U+7A17;U+E0101 | U+7A7F;U+E0101 | U+7AC8;U+E0101 |
U+7B08;U+E0102 | U+7B75;U+E0101 | U+7BAD;U+E0101 | U+7BB8;U+E0101 |
U+7BC7;U+E0101 | U+7BDD;U+E0101 | U+7C3E;U+E0102 | U+7C7E;U+E0102 |
U+7C82;U+E0101 | U+7FEB;U+E0101 | U+7FF0;U+E0101 | U+8171;U+E0101 |
U+817F;U+E0101 | U+8258;U+E0101 | U+8292;U+E0101 | U+82A6;U+E0101 |
U+8328;U+E0101 | U+845B;U+E0101 | U+84EC;U+E0101 | U+8511;U+E0101 |
U+853D;U+E0101 | U+85A9;U+E0101 | U+85AF;U+E0101 | U+85F7;U+E0101 |
U+8612;U+E0100 | U+8654;U+E0101 | U+86F8;U+E0101 | U+8703;U+E0101 |
U+8755;U+E0101 | U+8805;U+E0101 | U+8956;U+E0101 | U+8A0A;U+E0101 |
U+8A1D;U+E0102 | U+8A3B;U+E0101 | U+8A6E;U+E0101 | U+8AB9;U+E0101 |
U+8AFA;U+E0101 | U+8B0E;U+E0101 | U+8B2C;U+E0101 | U+8B7F;U+E0101 |
U+8C79;U+E0101 | U+8CED;U+E0101 | U+8FBB;U+E0101 | U+8FBF;U+E0101 |
U+8FC2;U+E0101 | U+8FC4;U+E0101 | U+8FE6;U+E0101 | U+9017;U+E0101 |
U+9019;U+E0101 | U+9022;U+E0101 | U+903C;U+E0101 | U+9041;U+E0102 |
U+905C;U+E0101 | U+9061;U+E0101 | U+912D;U+E0101 | U+914B;U+E0101 |
U+91DC;U+E0101 | U+9306;U+E0101 | U+9375;U+E0101 | U+939A;U+E0101 |
U+9453;U+E0101 | U+9699;U+E0101 | U+9771;U+E0101 | U+9784;U+E0101 |
U+9798;U+E0101 | U+97AD;U+E0101 | U+98F4;U+E0101 | U+9905;U+E0101 |
U+990C;U+E0103 | U+9910;U+E0101 | U+9957;U+E0101 | U+99C1;U+E0101 |
U+9A19;U+E0101 | U+9A4A;U+E0101 | U+9BAB;U+E0101 | U+9BD6;U+E0101 |
U+9C2F;U+E0101 | U+9C52;U+E0101 | U+9D09;U+E0101 | U+9D60;U+E0101 |
U+55A9;U+E0102 | U+55A9;U+E0100 | U+6FF9;U+E0101 | U+6FF9;U+E0100 |
Addition of vertical and horizontal shape change setting for hyphens (U+002D, U+2010, U+2011, U+2012) .
IPAex Mincho : fontRevision:1.030 --> 2.010
IPAex Gothic : font Revision : 1.020 --> 2.010
IDO (Copyright)
2003-2009 --> 2003-2012
ID3 (Unique Font Identifier)
IPAex Mincho : IPAexMincho Version 001.03 --> IPAexMincho Version 002.01
IPAex Gothic : IPAexGothic Version 001.02 --> IPAexGothic Version 002.01
ID5 (version)
IPAex Mincho : Version 001.03 --> Version 002.01
IPAex Gothic : Version 001.02 --> Version 002.01
target:
U+5099 U+5291 U+52B1 U+533B U+55C5 U+5674 U+58B3 U+58D3 U+5965 U+5967 U+59FF U+5C31 U+61A4 U+62C9 U+62ED U+646F U+6681 U+66B4 U+6751 U+6795 U+6797 U+68B0 U+697C U+6A23 U+6B21 U+6BBC U+6C88 U+6DE1 U+6F06 U+6F5B U+708E U+713C U+71B1 U+7259 U+73A9 U+74F6 U+7501 U+7A31 U+7A7A U+7A81 U+7A93 U+7A9F U+7AAE U+819D U+821E U+8511 U+8AC7 U+8AEE U+8CC7 U+8E74 U+91AB U+9858 U+990C U+9F9C U+FA55
The changed glyphs are listed here.
IPAex Mincho Font (Ver.001.03) is used in the new list of kanji for common use.
New list of kanji for common use:
http://www.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihongo/jyoyokanji_kokuji.html
Unicode |
Glyph Name |
Glyph |
Note |
---|---|---|---|
U+5307 |
aj20301 |
匇 |
The Glyph is changed to JIS X 0213:2004 shape (only IPAex Mincho) |
U+5307 U+E0101 |
aj8404 |
匇 |
IVS data is added |
U+00A7 |
aj106 |
§ |
The glyph of proportional shape is added |
U+00B0 |
aj155 |
° |
The glyph of proportional shape is added |
U+00B6 |
aj118 |
¶ |
The glyph of full width shape is added |
U+2014 |
aj138 |
― |
The glyph of proportional shape is added |
U+2032 |
aj9356 |
′ |
The glyph of proportional shape is added |
U+2033 |
aj9357 |
″ |
The glyph of proportional shape is added |
U+22BF |
aj15882 |
⊿ |
The glyph of new design similar to other mathematical sympols is added |
The value is change from 1.000 to 1.020.
ID0 (Copyright) :2003-2009 --> 2003-2010
ID3(Unique Font Identifier): IPAexMincho --> IPAexMincho Version 001.02
IPAexGothic --> IPAexGothic Version 001.02
The font names are set with font name plus version name.
ID5(Version) :Version 001.01 --> Version 001.02
In some display environments such as 12pt/96dip, the first stroke of '白' and '向' had been corrupted.
IPA fonts are JIS X 0213:2004 compliant. Accordingly, jp04 jeature tag is deleted and jp90 feature tag is added to enable 90JIS replace functionality.
IPAex fonts include JIS X 0213:2000 shapes changed when JIS X 0213:2004 was published, with IVS(Ideographic Variation Sequence) [1]feature. The number of target characters is 172, one code point is added to Ver.001.01.
Noted that, in 172 characters, some glyphs in IVS position are same as default glyph shapes to keep the consistency of ID control between IPAex Mincho and IPAex Gothic.
IPAex Mincho, the integration of IPA Mincho and IPA P Mincho, and IPAex Gothic, the integration of IPA Gothic and IPA P Gothic are newly developed. This new font series is strictly following Japanese printing font tradition, namely, Japanese characters (Kanji, Kana and punctuation marks) are full width mono-space pitch, and Western characters are proportional pitch.
IPAex fonts have been redesigned, with continuity from IPA font, as follows:
(1) Hiragana design of IPAex mincho and Katakana voiced sound mark (Japanese diacritical mark) design of IPAex Gothic have been fully reviewed and refined.
(2) The design of mathematical symbols has been totally adjusted and harmonized.
(3) Some of western characters, which were originally designed full width pitch have been redesigned proportionally.
(4) The design of allows, geometrical patterns, and other symbols has been optimized to full width.
(5) The glyph of U+0361(COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE) and U+203F (UNDERTIE) have been changed because these two characters had different pitch from usual Japanese printing fonts.
For IPA fonts Japanese currency mark(\) has been assigned doubly to U+005C and U+00A5. However, for IPAex fonts Japanese currency mark(\) has been assigned to U+00A5 and back slash(\) has been assigned to U+005C, to guarantee international consistency and interchangeability.
IPAex fonts include both of JIS X 0213:2000 shapes and JIS X 0213:2004 shapes, which are different from each other, using IVS (Ideographic Variation Sequence) functionality (see note[1]). The number of these characters is 171.
Frequently used symbols in Unicode CJK Symbols, CJK Compatibility Symbols and Enclosed CJK, namely symbols included in AJ1-6, have been newly designed and implemented. 202 symbols have been added.
Note:
[1] Ideographic Variation Sequence (IVS):
Standard procedure to distinguish glyph variation of Ideographs with
common Character code (see http://unicode.org/reports/tr37/).