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{{Infobox typeface
| name = M<sup>+</sup> FONTS
| image = M plus 2p specimen.svg
| alt = M<sup>+</sup> 2P
| style = Sans Serif, Monospace
| variations = 7 proportional weights from thin to black<br />5 monospaced weights from thin to bold<br />2 kana curve styles
| website = https://mplusfonts.github.io/
| latin = yes
| creationdate = November 2003
| releasedate = December 2003 (TESTFLIGHT-001)<br>
2017-10-25 v 063
| creator = Coji Morishita ({{Lang|ja|森下 浩司}})
| foundry = M<sup>+</sup> FONTS PROJECT
}}'''M<sup>+</sup> FONTS''' is a series of Japanese fonts designed by Coji Morishita. The "M" stands for "minimum", while the plus sign means "above minimum".

==Fonts==
=== Vector ===
The "M<sup>+</sup> OUTLINE FONTS" are of a Gothic sans-serif style, with proportional and [[Monospaced font|monospaced font]]s and many different weights, ranging from thin to black. The fonts support the following character sets: [[Basic Latin (Unicode block)|C0 controls and basic Latin]], [[Latin-1 Supplement (Unicode block)|Latin-1 Supplement]], [[Latin Extended-A]], Japanese kana, and Japanese [[Social:Kanji|kanji]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2010|title=M<sup>+</sup> OUTLINE FONTS - FONTS FEATURES|url=http://mplus-fonts.osdn.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/index-en.html#features|access-date=2010-04-22|publisher=M<sup>+</sup> FONTS PROJECT}}</ref> The fonts are developed using [[Software:FontForge|FontForge]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2009|title=M<sup>+</sup> OUTLINE FONTS - ABOUT #SPECIAL THANKS|url=http://mplus-fonts.osdn.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/index-en.html#thanks|access-date=2010-02-14|publisher=M<sup>+</sup> FONTS PROJECT}}</ref> The current version contains over 4600 glyphs.

==== Nomenclature ====
M<sup>+</sup> vector fonts are named as such: '''M<sup>+</sup>''' followed by '''1''' or '''2''', and then optionally '''P''' (proportional), '''C''' (optimized for typesetting), '''M''' (monospaced), and '''MN''' (monospaced high-visibility variant for programming use). The numbers denote glyph design styles, while the letters denote Latin glyph configurations.

Each Type 2 font has several glyphs that differ from its respective Type 1 font. Kana & Latin-style numbering. Japanese glyphs are [[Halfwidth and fullwidth forms|fullwidth]], and kanji glyphs are identical between variants of the same weight. Proportional Latin fonts are available in thin, light, regular, medium, bold, heavy, and black weights, and fixed halfwidth Latin fonts are available in thin, light, regular, medium, and bold weights.

===Raster===
The "M<sup>+</sup> BITMAP FONTS" are [[Raster graphics|raster]] fonts originally developed in 2002.<ref>[http://osdn.jp/projects/sourceforge/wiki/potm_0908_mplus potm_0908_mplus - OSDN.JP Wiki - OSDN.JP]</ref>
*Japanese and Latin: All Japanese glyphs occupy full-width cells. Fonts are made in heights of 10 and 12 pixels in regular and bold weights.
**M<sup>+</sup> gothic: Japanese with half-width Latin glyphs.
**M<sup>+</sup> goth_p: Japanese with proportional Latin glyphs.
*Latin only
**M<sup>+</sup> fxd: consists of fixed-width glyphs. Has a height of 10 and 12 pixels in regular and bold weights.
**M<sup>+</sup> hlv: a replacement of Helvetica. Has a height of 10 and 12 pixels in regular and bold weights.
**M<sup>+</sup> sys: designed for user interfaces. Has a height of 10 pixels in regular and bold weights.
**M<sup>+</sup> qub: a regular-weight miniature font with a height of 6 pixels.

==Accolades==
The M<sup>+</sup> font family was selected as one of the "free fonts of the month" in Smashing Magazine<ref>{{cite web|author=Vitaly Friedman|date=March 7, 2008|title=Free Fonts Of The Month (in March 2008)|url=http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/07/free-fonts-of-the-month-ff-unit-m-outline-geobats/|access-date=2010-02-14|publisher=Smashing Magazine}}</ref> and as a [[Software:SourceForge|SourceForge]] "Project of the Month".<ref>{{cite web|author=hiromichi-m|date=2009-08-03|title=今月のプロジェクト 2009年8月 - M+ FONTS|trans-title=Project of the Month (in August 2009) - M+ FONTS|url=http://osdn.jp/projects/sourceforge/wiki/potm_0908_mplus|access-date=2010-04-03|publisher=OSDN.JP|language=Japanese}}</ref> It has also been selected as one of eight "excellent" fonts for print and screen.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ian Cylkowski|date=June 7, 2010|title=excellent font for print and screen|url=http://www.design-by-izo.com/2010/06/07/8-excellent-fonts-for-screen-and-print/|publisher=design by izo}}</ref>

==License==
Early versions of M+ used a [[Public-domain-equivalent license|pseudo-license disclaimer that effectively disowned any copyright]]:<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=M<sup>+</sup> OUTLINE FONTS|url=http://mplus-fonts.osdn.jp/index-en.html#license|access-date=2013-02-20|publisher=}}</ref>
<blockquote>
These fonts are [[Free software|free software]].

Unlimited permission is granted to use, copy, and distribute them, with or without modification, either commercially or noncommercially.

THESE FONTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY.
</blockquote>

The version released in 2019 under cooperation with Google Fonts uses the Open Font License.

==References==
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==External links==


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