{"id":7586,"date":"2018-01-09T20:14:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T12:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2018-01-09T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T08:15:31","slug":"pinyin-friendly-serif-faces-at-google-fonts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2018\/pinyin-friendly-serif-faces-at-google-fonts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinyin-friendly serif faces at Google Fonts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of January 9, 2018, Google Fonts had 848 font families, 114 of which are serif faces. Of those, the following 22 can handle Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Alegreya\/\">Alegreya<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_font.png 302w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_font-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Alegreya+SC\/\">Alegreya SC<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_SC_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_SC_font.png 305w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_SC_font-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_SC_font-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/alegreya_SC_font-302x300.png 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Cormorant\/\">Cormorant<\/a> (Caveat: In the Cormorant fonts, the marks for tones 2-4 are nearly vertical,  which may not provide sufficient distinction between them for many readers.)<\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"264\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_font.png 301w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_font-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Cormorant+Garamond\/\">Cormorant Garamond<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_garamond_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"265\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7552\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Cormorant+Infant\/\">Cormorant Infant<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_infant_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"261\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_infant_font.png 303w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_infant_font-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Cormorant+SC\/\">Cormorant SC<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_SC_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_SC_font.png 300w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_SC_font-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Cormorant+Unicase\/\">Cormorant Unicase<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_unicase_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_unicase_font.png 300w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_unicase_font-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Cormorant+Upright\/\">Cormorant Upright<\/a>  (Caveat: The third-tone mark in &#474; is inverted.)<\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/cormorant_upright_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7556\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/David+Libre\/\">David Libre<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/david_libre_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7557\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/EB+Garamond\/\">EB Garamond<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/eb_garamond_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"268\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7559\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Faustina\/\">Faustina<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/faustina_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"263\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7560\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Gentium+Basic\/\">Gentium Basic<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/gentium_basic_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"260\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/gentium_basic_font.png 302w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/gentium_basic_font-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Gentium+Book+Basic\">Gentium Book Basic<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/gentium_book_basic_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"261\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7562\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Judson\/\">Judson<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/judson_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"261\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/judson_font.png 303w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/judson_font-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Maitree\/\">Maitree<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/maitree_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/maitree_font.png 304w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/maitree_font-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/maitree_font-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Manuale\/\">Manuale<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/manuale_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"305\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/manuale_font.png 298w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/manuale_font-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Noticia+Text\/\">Noticia Text<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/noticia_text_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"310\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/noticia_text_font.png 304w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/noticia_text_font-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Noto+Serif\/\">Noto Serif<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/noto_serif_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"308\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/noto_serif_font.png 300w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/noto_serif_font-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Pridi\/\">Pridi<\/a> (Caveat: The mark for second tone and the apostrophe look very similar.)<\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/pridi_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/pridi_font.png 298w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/pridi_font-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Taviraj\/\">Taviraj<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/taviraj_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/taviraj_font.png 301w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/taviraj_font-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Tinos\/\">Tinos<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/tinos_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"261\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7570\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/specimen\/Trirong\/\">Trirong<\/a><\/li>\n<p>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/trirong_font.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/trirong_font.png 298w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2018\/01\/trirong_font-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of January 9, 2018, Google Fonts had 848 font families, 114 of which are serif faces. Of those, the following 22 can handle Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks. Alegreya Alegreya SC Cormorant (Caveat: In the Cormorant fonts, the marks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2018\/pinyin-friendly-serif-faces-at-google-fonts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,32,807,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese","category-mandarin","category-pinyin-font-misc","category-tone-marks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7586"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7590,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7586\/revisions\/7590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}