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The name table of the Kaiu.font on Windows 10.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ttFont sfntVersion="\x00\x01\x00\x00" ttLibVersion="4.28">
<name>
<namerecord nameID="0" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
(c) Copyright DynaLab Inc. 1992-1998
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="1" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
DFKai-SB
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="2" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
Regular
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="3" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
DFKai-SB
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="4" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
DFKai-SB
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="5" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
Version 5.00
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="6" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="7" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
Trademark by DynaLab Inc.
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="13" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
Microsoft supplied font. You may use this font to create, display, and print content as permitted by the license terms or terms of use, of the Microsoft product, service, or content in which this font was included. You may only (i) embed this font in content as permitted by the embedding restrictions included in this font; and (ii) temporarily download this font to a printer or other output device to help print content. Any other use is prohibited.
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="0" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
(c) Copyright DynaLab Inc. 1992-1998
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="1" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
標楷體
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="2" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
Regular
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="3" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
標楷體
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="4" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
標楷體
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="5" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
Version 5.00
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="6" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="7" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x404">
Trademark by DynaLab Inc.
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="0" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
(c) Copyright DynaLab Inc. 1992-1998
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="1" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
DFKai-SB
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="2" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
Regular
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="3" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
DFKai-SB
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="4" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
DFKai-SB
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="5" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
Version 5.00
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="6" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="7" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
Trademark by DynaLab Inc.
</namerecord>
<namerecord nameID="13" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
Microsoft supplied font. You may use this font to create, display, and print content as permitted by the license terms or terms of use, of the Microsoft product, service, or content in which this font was included. You may only (i) embed this font in content as permitted by the embedding restrictions included in this font; and (ii) temporarily download this font to a printer or other output device to help print content. Any other use is prohibited.
</namerecord>
</name>
</ttFont>
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------ Description starts ------
Please do something for the cross-platform compatibility of the font "DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF" in macOS.

This font is the specified academic paper font among universities and educational institudes in Taiwan. However, almost all of their papers generated by Microsoft Word are using 標楷體(English name "DFKai-SB", postscript name: DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF) as the main document font. Some students are using macOS, and the mac version of MS Word doesn't have DFKai-SB due to the alread existence of 標楷體(English name "BiauKai, postscript name "DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF") in macOS.

Furthermore, the "DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF" on two platforms are not the same in non-kanji character widths: The one shipped on Windows is monospaced, and the one shipped on macOS is proportional. This could be another disaster to academic paper typography for MS Word users: They don't learn LaTeX, they just blame the mac.

This brings huge difficulties to mac users among universities and educational institudes in Taiwan, leading to their decisions of:

  1. just giving up buying a mac (or being strongly discouraged by their seniors / professors to buy a mac);

  2. at least buy a Windows PC or using a Windows virtual machine, and they start bothering why their MacBook lags and hogs their legs.

It is almost impossible to let all universities and educational institudes in Taiwan to change their idea of switching to another unified document font for their academic papers.

P.S.: This issue is reposted as a corrected one from #FB11509241. Correction: Removing incorrect contents. I guess I should attach the vanilla Windows copy of the DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF font here for your reference.

P.P.S.: The best solution might be just replace the existing DFKaiShu-SB-Estd-BF on macOS with the one on Windows, as long as you people and DynaComware have an agreement on it.
------ Description ends ------

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