In Hong Kong and Taiwanese newspapers, Heiti Medium is used for subheadings because its uniform stroke width photographs well and reproduces clearly on rough newsprint.
Be cautious of sites offering "Free Download Extra Quality" for Heiti TC. These are often: Copyright Infringing
The font is activating the fallback. Solution: In design software (Photoshop, InDesign), go to Character panel > Language. Set it to "Chinese Traditional (Taiwan)." This forces the software to use the TC glyphs, not the generic CJK fallback.
At first glance, it was just a font. But Elias knew Heiti. It was the backbone of clarity, a sans-serif titan of Chinese typography. In its standard form, it was functional; in Extra Quality , it was a masterpiece of mathematical precision.