Print out the same 20 kanji in both Mincho (try typing in Word with “MS Mincho”) and Meiryo. Time yourself reading each set aloud. You’ll often be 10–20% slower on your non-practiced font — that gap is what you want to close.
Three big reasons:
Small Sizes = Easy to Misread
The exam’s reading passages are printed in relatively small point sizes. Gothic fonts remain legible at small sizes, but similar-looking kanji like 末／未 or 天／夫 can be harder to distinguish without practice. ap japanese font
The Digital Exam Factor
If you take the AP exam digitally (increasingly common), the system will render Japanese text using your operating system’s default fallback font. Without knowing it, you could be reading in Meiryo while you practiced in Mincho — a subtle but real difference. Print out the same 20 kanji in both
In fonts like Gothic, a character like 大 has uniform lines. In the AP font, the final diagonal line ends with a distinct hook (hane) lifting up. If your practice font does not show this hook, it is wrong. Small Sizes = Easy to Misread The exam’s