Best font for Japanese?

[Sitron]

When I copy/paste kanji from Hiragana Times to my word document they come off as very different looking to the ones in hiragana times.

Often they lack strokes, or some of the strokes are seperate instead of crossing each other. I use "Arial." I tried Andalus and it's better, but still some kanji come as way different than they really are.

Any suggestions?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Sitron

When I copy/paste kanji from Hiragana Times to my word document they come off as very different looking to the ones in hiragana times.

Often they lack strokes, or some of the strokes are seperate instead of crossing each other. I use "Arial." I tried Andalus and it's better, but still some kanji come as way different than they really are.

Any suggestions?

Try MS Mincho or MS UI Gothic. Arial is a font for writing the English alphabet, but not Japanese.

[NanteNa]

Often Microsoft Word has a font type called ''International''-something. I use that one for Japanese or in general other fonts than western. It's quite usefull. As MMM mentions, MS Gothic is okay to use as well.

[alanX]

MS Mincho is pretty much the default for 日本語