What's up with the random drop?

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Reply #1 - 2009 November 17, 10:12 am
gagge_tah Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2009-02-26 Posts: 17

賭 Once again I've found a kanji that is "written" in different way in the book and the normal typeface here. If I look it up it's supposed to have 15 strokes, which means that little drop shouldn't be there. I guess it's an issue of printing fonts vs. handwriting but does anyone really know what's right or wrong here?

Reply #2 - 2009 November 17, 10:28 am
mypapa12 Member
From: France Registered: 2009-09-03 Posts: 97

On my computer (a Mac), if I copy-paste your kanji 賭 in a text editor, I see the font "Hiragino Kaku Pro N" and I think the N is important here because it could mean it's a chinese variant of your kanji. If I change the font to "Hiragino Kaku Pro", the drop disappears.

Reply #3 - 2009 November 17, 10:28 am
Katsuo M.O.D.
From: Tokyo Registered: 2007-02-06 Posts: 887 Website

賭, like 箸, is outside the Joyo kanji (until next year). See this post.

Edit:
@mypapa12: The "N" font is a Newer version of the font, but still Japanese.

Last edited by Katsuo (2009 November 17, 10:32 am)

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