Font change?

WaniKani
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Here’s the list of fonts WK uses in order:

  • Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro
  • Meiryo
  • Source Han Sans Japanese
  • NotoSansCJK
  • TakaoPGothic
  • Yu Gothic
  • ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3
  • メイリオ
  • Osaka
  • MS PGothic
  • ＭＳ Ｐゴシック
  • sans-serif

It will start from the top of the list and go until it finds a font either on your computer or included on the site.

If you’re running Windows 10 like I am, you’re probably normally defaulting to Yu Gothic. I went out and found Hiragino Kaku, so that’s what it defaults to for me.

Here’s a comparison between Hiragino Kaku and Yu Gothic for reference:

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You can see the Hiragino font is quite a lot thicker and slightly larger. Since it’s the first in the list, I suppose you could call Hiragino the “official” way WK is supposed to look.

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