List of CJK fonts

This is a list of notable CJK fonts ( computer fonts which contain a large range of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters). These fonts are primarily sorted by their typeface, the main classes being "with serif", "without serif" and "script". In this article, the two first classes are named Ming and sans-serif (gothic) while the "script" is further divided into several Chinese script styles.

The fonts are then sorted by their target writing system:A font targeted to a writing system usually still contains glyphs in the other writing systems.
* Chinese: Chinese character.
This can be subdivided into the following classification:
** Simplified Chinese
** Traditional Chinese (General, using printing standard or jiu zixing, )
** Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, using education standard: Standard Form of National Characters, )
** Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, using education standard: List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters, )
: Simplified Chinese will be shortened to SC and Traditional Chinese will be shortened to TC in the following localization table.
* Japanese: kanji, hiragana and katakana
* Korean: Hangul, hanja, etc.
* Vietnamese: for the Nom script formerly used
* Zhuang: for Sawndip
* Pan-Unicode: intended to globally support the majority of Unicode's characters, and not specifically designed for one or a few writing systems (note that Pan-Unicode font ≠ Unicode fontIf a Unicode font (font containing a wide range of Unicode's characters) is targeted to one or a few writing systems, it will not be listed as a "pan-Unicode font" (font intended to globally support a wide range of Unicode's characters))
* Pan-CJK: intended to support the majority of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, and not specifically designed for any one of these writing systems

Legends

/span> means this font is free and open-source software (FOSS).
/s> means it was formerly seen as FOSS but has been involved in a legal controversy.

Ming (Song)

Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK

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, +
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Bitstream Cyberbit
,
, Pan-Unicode
,
,
,
,
, -
, Hanazono Mincho
,
, Pan-CJK
,
, /span> Hanazono Font License or SIL Open Font License
, ttf
, HanaMinA (Japanese ) for BMP and HanaMinB (Japanese ) for SIP – covers all CJK, CJK Compatibility, CJK-Ext.A, CJK-Ext.B, CJK-Ext.C, CJK-Ext.D, CJK-Ext.E, and CJK-Ext.F. This font has issues in LaTeX if rotated with \setCJKmainfont ertical=RotatedGlyphsHANAMINA.TTF, as required for traditional writing: some characters aren't displayed after rotating, while they work without rotation.
, -
, Sazanami-Hanazono Mincho
,
, Pan-CJK
,
, /span>
, ttf
, Full CJK and Latin-1 truetype font resulting from merge of Sazanami Mincho and Hanazono fonts.
, -
, Source Han Serif / Noto Serif CJK
, 思源宋体
, Pan-CJK
, Adobe and Google
, /span> SIL Open Font License
,
, SIL Open Font License v.1.1 in April 2017.
, -
, ''TH-Tshyn''
,
, Pan-Unicode
,
,
,
, ''TH-Tshyn-P0, TH-Tshyn-P1'' and ''TH-Tshyn-P2.'' Version 3.0.0 offers complete coverage of all Unicode CJK characters up to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G introduced in 2020 with Unicode version 13.0.

Chinese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
, +
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, BabelStone Han
,
, SC
,
, /span> 1999 Arphic Public License
,
, Based on ''Arphic PL Fonts'', extended partly to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G.
, -
, DLCMingMedium
DLCMingBold
, ，
, TC
, Microsoft Windows
,
,
, Font family from which Windows 3.0's default Traditional Chinese font 'Ming Light' is derived.
, -
, MingLiU
,
, TC (Taiwan)
, Microsoft Windows
,
, rowspan="2",
, Default interface typeface for Windows 3.0 to Windows XP, derived from DynaLab's DLCMing typeface. Originally distributed as a raster typeface in the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.0, then it was available in TrueType format as 'MingLi43' in the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 3.1. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. Starting from version 2.00, it was internally sorted in Unicode sequence with Big-5 codepage, and carried the English name 'MingLiU'. In version 2.10, the typeface file also contained PMingLiU (), which is a proportional font. MingLiU () was distributed with the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 95 to Windows 98, all regional versions of Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, Traditional Chinese version of Windows 10, PMingLiU Update Pack (), Traditional Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Traditional Chinese), Office XP Tool: Traditional Chinese Language Pack, Traditional Chinese supplemental fonts for Windows 10.
, -
, PMingLiU
, 新細明體
, TC (Taiwan)
, Microsoft Windows 98+
,
, Distributed with Traditional Chinese version of Windows 98, all regional versions of Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, and the Traditional Chinese version of Windows 10. The Latin characters in this font is proportional.
, -
, MingLiU_HKSCS,
MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB
,
, TC (Hong Kong)
, Windows Vista
,
,
, MingLiU-ExtB (,-ExtB), PMingLiU-ExtB (-ExtB) – distributed with PMingLiU Update Pack (), Windows Vista.
, -
, LiSong Pro Light
, Pro
, TC (Hong Kong)
, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.3–10.4.
,
,
,
, -
, Apple LiSung Light
,
, TC (Hong Kong)
, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.2–10.4.
,
,
,
, -
, I.Ming
,
, TC (General)
,
, /span>IPA font licence
, ttf
, Derived from IPAex Minchō font, availably at Keshilu blog (刻石錄) and GitHub.
, -
, MS Song
, MS
, SC
, Microsoft
,
,
, Distributed with Simplified Chinese Font Pack for Internet Explorer 3, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Simplified Chinese), Office XP
Tool: Simplified Chinese Language Pack.
, -
, SimSun
, ,
, SC
, Microsoft
,
, rowspan="2",
, Default interface typeface for Windows 95 to Windows XP, distributed with the Chinese versions of Windows 95 to Windows 98, all regions of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced. The difference between this font and NSimSun (below) is that NSimSun is labelled monospaced in the and table while SimSun did not.
, -
, NSimSun
,
, SC
, Microsoft
,
, Distributed with all regions of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced.
, -
, SimSun-18030,
NSimSun-18030
, -18030,

-18030
, SC
, Microsoft
,
,
, Distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP, or as GB 18030 Support Package to Windows 2000 or higher.
, -
, SimSun (Founder Extended)
,
, SC
, Microsoft
,
,
, Ddistributed with the Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office XP, Simplified Chinese version of Windows, or Microsoft Office Proofing Tools (XP and 2003).
, -
, SimSun-ExtB or Sun-ExtB
, -ExtB
, SC
, Microsoft
,
,
, Distributed with Windows Vista.
, -
, Song
,
, SC
, OS X 10.2–10.4.
,
,
,
, -
, STSong
,
, SC
, SinoType Technology (常州华文印刷新技术)
,
,
, Distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP, OS X 10.2–10.4. The Jiangsu-based foundry, Changzhou SinoType Technology (常州华文印刷新技术), made a series of 30,000+-character fonts for Microsoft and Macintosh between 1998 and 2004 that all begin with "ST" (华文).
, -
, STZhongsong
,
, SC
, Microsoft
,
,
, Distributed with MS Office 2000 and XP. A medium- boldness version of STSong made in 1991 and updated in 1998.
, -
, TW-Sung,
TW-Sung-Ext-B,
TW-Sung-Plus
,
, TC (Taiwan)
, Ministry of Education of Taiwan ()
, /span> Open Government Data License v1.0, equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license
,
, 100,000+ traditional and simplified characters (including Japanese shinjitai characters) in Taiwanese style, covering CNS 11643 (TW-Sung covers the characters mapped to the Basic Multilingual Plane, TW-Sung-Ext-B covers the characters mapped to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, TW-Sung-Plus covers Private Use Area mapped CNS characters。
, -
, WenQuanYi Bitmap Song
,
, SC
,
, /span> GNU GPL
,
, Raster typeface.

Japanese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
, +
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, IPAex Minchō
,
,
, /span> IPA font licence
,
, Part of IPA font series developed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. Released from here.
, -
, IPAmj Minchō
,
,
, /span> IPA font licence
,
, Part of IPA font series developed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. Released from here.
, -
, MS Mincho
,
, Microsoft
,
,
, Distributed with the Japanese version of Windows 3.1 or later, some versions of Internet Explorer 3 Japanese Font Pack, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office v.X to 2004.
, -
, MS PMincho
,
, Microsoft
,
,
, Distributed in the Japanese version of Windows 95 or later, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2004.
, -
, Kochi Mincho
,
,
, /span> public domain
,
, Free typeface included with a number of Linux distributions. Originally based on the Watanabe () typeface, then reissued based on the Wadalab outlines for legal reasons.
, -
, Hiragino Minchō Pro W3,
Hiragino Minchō Pro W6
, Pro W3,
Pro W6
, Mac OS X
,
,
, Included in Mac OS X. It covers almost all of the Adobe Japan 1–5 glyph collection.
, -
, Heisei Minchō
,
,
,
,
, Developed by the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) as a standard typeface for information devices in 1989. It has rather straight edges so that low-resolution printers can output characters with less aliasing. It is distributed by various typeface vendors licensed by the JSA.
, -
, Ryūbundō Minchō or RyūMin
,
, Morisawa foundry
,
,
,
, -
, Kozuka Minchō
,
, Adobe
,
,
, Designed by Kozuka Masahiko (also the creator of the sans-serif typeface Shin Gothic or Shingo).
, -
, Sazanami Mincho
,
,
, /span>
,
, The last version dates from 2004.

Korean

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
, +
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Batang
,
,
,
,
, Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system.
, -
, BatangChe
,
,
,
,
, Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font.
, -
, Gungsuh
,
,
,
,
, Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system.
, -
, GungsuhChe
,
,
,
,
, Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font.
, -
, AppleMyungjo
,
,
,
,
, Default Korean font on Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, and iOS. Fully supports Unicode from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
, -
, UnBatang, UnGungsuh
, ,
,
, /span>
,
, Included in most Linux distributions. Initially made by Un Koanghui () as a set of type 1 typefaces to use with Korean LaTeX. Later they were converted to opentype typefaces by Park Won-gyu (). UnBatang also has a version with opentype GSUB/GPOS tables to support archaic Hangul with Hangul Conjoining Jamos.
, -
, Baekmuk Batang
,
, Kim Jeong-hwan ()
, /span>
,
, Distributed on most Linux distributions. License: open content.
, -
, Seoul Hangang
,
,
,
,
, Distributed by Seoul Metropolitan Government as its official Ming typeface. Special font for vertical writing included.
, -
, Nanum Myeongjo
,
, Naver
, /span> Open Font License
,
, One of Nanum-series fonts, distributed by Naver.
, -
, Hamchorom Batang
,
, Hancom
, /span>
,
, Developed by Hancom, supporting Unicode from 1.0 to 5.0 and Hangul Jamo Extended A/B.
, -
, Jieubsida Batang
,
,
, /span>
,
, Korean-language, Ming style offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT. License: GPL.

Vietnamese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
, +
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Nôm Na Tống Light
,
,
,
,
, Created by the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation. It is based on characters found in ''Thiền Tông Bản Hạnh'' (The Origin of Buddhist Meditation, 1933) by Thanh Tu Thich.
, -
, Han Nom Font Set
,
,
, /span> GPL
,
, Covers Radicals Supplements, CJK, CJK Ext. A, CJK Ext. B;
, -
, Han-Nom Minh 1.30
,
, UBPSHNVN
,
,
, Contains 34,736 characters with 34,737 glyphs.
, -
, Han-Nom Ming 1.10
,
, UBPSHNVN
,
,
, Contains 34,079 characters with 34,082 glyphs.

Zhuang

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
, +
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Sawndip
,
,
, /span> 1999 Arphic Public License
,
, Based upon AR PL UMing on which 20k CJK characters were added. It also has over 8 thousand CJK characters used to write Sawndip not in Unicode in PUA plane 16.

Sans-serif

Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Arial Unicode MS
,
, Pan-Unicode
, Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2004.
, –
,
,
, -
, Droid Sans Fallback
,
, Pan-Unicode (SC style)
, Ascender Corporation for Google's Android
, /span> Apache License 2
,
, Was the default system font for Android below version 4.4.2. Replaced by Source Han Sans.
, -
, Source Han Sans / Noto Sans CJK
, 思源黑体
, Pan-CJK
, Adobe, Google, Changzhou SinoType Technology, Iwata Corporation, Sandoll Communication.
, /span> SIL Open Font License
,
, License: Apache License 2 on July 15, 2014. Since September 29, 2015, all Noto fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License rather than the Apache licence.

Chinese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, WenQuanYi Zen Hei
,
, SC
,
, /span> GPL v2.0 font exception
,
, Over 36,000 glyphs in total, among which 20,300 are Chinese characters.
, -
, WenQuanYi Micro Hei
,
, SC
,
, /span> GPL v3 or Apache License v2
,
, Based on Droid Sans Fallback.
, -
, PingFang SC,
PingFang TC,
PingFang HK
, ，
，

, SC, TC (Taiwan), TC (Hong Kong)
, OS X 10.11 El Capitan
,
,
, System font for Apple MacOS system.
, -
, Heiti SC,
Heiti TC
, ，

, SC, TC (Taiwan)
, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
,
,
, Was system font for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
, -
, Hiragino Sans GB
, /
, SC
, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
,
,
,
, -
, STHeiti
,
, SC
, OS X 10.2 Jaguar & later. By Changzhou SinoType Technology (2002).
,
,
, Was system font for OS X 10.2 Jaguar to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
, -
, STHeiti Light/ TXihei,
, SC
, OS X 10.2 Jaguar and later, Microsoft Office 2000 and XP.
,
,
, A thinner version of STHeiti Regular.
, -
, LiHei Pro Medium
, Pro
, TC (Taiwan)
, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and later
,
,
,
, -
, Apple LiGothic Medium
,
, TC (Taiwan)
, Mac OS 9 and OS X 10.2 Jaguar and later
,
,
,
, -
, Microsoft JhengHei
,
, TC (Taiwan)
, China Type Design Limited
,
, , ,
, Default Windows system font since Windows Vista.
, -
, Microsoft YaHei
,
, SC
, Founder Type
,
, , ,
, Default Windows system font since Windows Vista.
, -
, MS Hei
,
, SC
, Microsoft Global IME 5.02 (Simplified Chinese), Office XP Tool: Simplified Chinese Language Pack.
,
,
,
, -
, MHei
,
, TC (Hong Kong)
,
,
,
, Owned by Monotype
, -
, SimHei
, or
, SC
, Windows 2000, all regions of Windows XP
,
,
,
, -
, DengXian
,
, SC
, Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office 2016 and Windows 10.
,
,
,

Japanese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, IPA Gothic
,
, Designed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
, /span> IPA font licence
,
, Part of IPA font series.
, -
, Meiryo
,
,
,
,
, Default Windows system font since Windows Vista.
, -
, Mona Font
,
, Linux distributions
, /span> Public domain
,
,
, -
, M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS
,
,
, /span> Free license
,
,
, -
, VL Gothic
,
, Derived from M+ FONTS and Sazanami Gothic font. Distributed on Vine Linux.
, /span>? /s>
,
, License: same as parent fonts.
, -
, Sazanami Gothic
,
, Distributed on Linux.
, /s>
,
, License: formerly considered free and included with a number of Linux distributions.
, -
, MS Gothic
,
, Distributed on Microsoft Windows 3.1 and later.
,
,
,
, -
, MS PGothic
,
, Distributed on Microsoft Windows 95 and later.
,
,
,
, -
, MS UI Gothic
,
, Distributed on Microsoft Windows 98 and later.
,
,
,
, -
, Yu Gothic
, 游ゴシック
, Distributed by Microsoft Windows 10.
,
,
,
, -
, Osaka
,
, Distributed on Classic Mac OS.
,
,
,
, -
, Hiragino Kaku Gothic
,
, Distributed on Mac OS X.
,
,
,
, -
, Hiragino Maru Gothic
,
, Distributed on Mac OS X.
,
,
,
, -
, Kozuka Gothic
,
, Typeface family provided by new versions of Adobe Illustrator.
,
,
,
, -
, GothicBBB-Medium
,
, Adobe
,
,
,
, -
, Kochi Gothic
,
, Distributed on Linux, formerly.
, /s>
,
, Originally named Watanabe font ().
Formerly considered free that is included with a number of Linux distributions. The development of the font stopped when it was discovered that Watanabe font – which Kochi Gothic based on – was copied from the TypeBank Mincho-M font, developed by TypeBank and Design Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.

Korean

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, AppleGothic
,
, Apple Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and iOS 1 to 5.0
,
,
, Fully supports Unicode from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
, -
, Dotum
,
, Microsoft Windows, all regions of Windows XP to Windows 8.1, and the Korean version of Windows 10.
,
,
,
, -
, DotumChe
,
, Microsoft Windows, all regions of Windows XP to Windows 8.1, and the Korean version of Windows 10.
,
,
, Monospace font.
, -
, Gulim
,
, Microsoft Windows, all regions of Windows XP to Windows 8.1, and the Korean version of Windows 10.
,
,
,
, -
, GulimChe
,
, Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, Korean version of Windows 10, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack, Korean supplemental fonts for Windows 10.
,
,
, Monospace font.
, -
, Malgun Gothic
,
, Windows Vista
,
,
,
, -
, New Gulim
, 새굴림
, Old Korean support tools for Microsoft Word 2000, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack, Microsoft Office 2003
,
,
,
, -
, Gulim Old Hangul Jamo
,
, Old Korean support tools for Microsoft Word 2000, Office XP Tool: Korean Language Pack, Microsoft Office 2003
,
,
,
, -
, Apple SD Gothic Neo
,
, Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 5.1.
,
,
,
, -
, UnDotum
,
,
, /span> GPL
,
, Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts with the same name.
, -
, UnShinmun
,
,
, /span> GPL
,
, Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts with the same name.
, -
, Baekmuk Gulim
,
, Linux distributions.
, /span>
,
,
, -
, Seoul Namsan
,
, Seoul Metropolitan Government.
,
,
,
, -
, Nanum Gothic
,
, Distributed by Naver.
, /span> Open Font License
,
, Nanum-series fonts.
, -
, Hamchorom Dotum
,
, Designed by Hancom.
, /span>
,
, Supporting Unicode from 1.0 to 5.0 and Hangul Jamo Extended A/B.
, -
, Jieubsida Dodum
,
, Offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT.
, /span> GPL
,
,

Vietnamese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Han-Nom Gothic 1.30
,
, UBPSHNVN
,
,
, 35,733 characters with 36,306 glyphs

Regular script

Chinese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, KaiU, DFKai-SB
, 標楷體
, TC (Taiwan)
, DynaComware (distributed within Windows 95 & higher, OS X up to Yosemite)
,
, kaiu.ttf
,
, -
, SimKai, KaiTi
, 中易楷体 楷体_GB2312
, SC
,
,
, simkai.ttf
, Distributed on Windows Chinese versions.
, -
, STKaiti
, 华文楷体
, SC
, Changzhou SinoType (2002)
,
,
, Distributed on Windows Chinese versions.
, -
, Kai
,
, SC
, Shanghai Ikarus (1993–95)
,
,
, Distributed by MacOS, Simplified Chinese versions.
, -
, BiauKai
,
, TC (Taiwan)
,
,
,
, Distributed by MacOS, Traditional Chinese versions.
, -
, FZNewKai
*FZKaiS-Extended, FZKaiS-Extended(SIP)
*FZKaiT-Extended, FZKaiT-Extended(SIP)
,
, SC, TC (SC style)
, Founder of Beijing University , 2012
,
,
, Initial set released in 2006. 28,928 glyphs in the basic BMP fonts plus another 54,328 in the SIP fonts for both traditional and simplified Chinese.
, -
, I.Ngaan
,
, TC
, Keshilu (刻石錄)
, /s> /span> GPL 2.0+
,
, Derived from a '' Yan'' styled typeface by Wang Hanzong (). As Wang Hanzong fonts are suspected to be copyright infringement, this derived font is considered copyright infringement too.
, -
, TW-Kai,
TW-Kai-Ext-B,
TW-Kai-Plus
,
, TC (Taiwan)
, Ministry of Education of Taiwan ()
, /span> Open Government Data License v1.0, equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license
,
, 100,000+ traditional and simplified characters (including Japanese shinjitai characters) in Taiwanese style, covering CNS 11643 (TW-Kai covers the characters mapped to the Basic Multilingual Plane, TW-Kai-Ext-B covers the characters mapped to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, TW-Kai-Plus covers Private Use Area mapped CNS characters。
, -
, Free HK Kai
,
, TC (Hong Kong)
, Free Hong Kong Font () project
, /span> CC-BY 4.0 International license
,
, Based on TW-Kai, following ''List of Glyphs of Commonly Used Characters'' () by Education Bureau of Hong Kong SAR.

Vietnamese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Han-Nom Kai 1.00
,
, UBPSHNVN
,
,
, 28,147 characters with 28,145 glyphs

Clerical script

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, SimLi
, 中易隶书 or 隶书
, SC
,
,
,
, Distributed with the Chinese version of Microsoft Office.
, -
, UnYetgul
,
, Korean
,
, /span>
,
, One o
Un-series fonts
initially derived from the Korean LaTeX fonts.

Imitation Song

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, FangSong
, 中易仿宋, 仿宋
, SC
, Microsoft
,
, simfang.ttf
, Distributed with the Chinese version of Microsoft Windows.
, -
, STFangsong
, 华文仿宋
, SC
, Changzhou SinoType, 2002
,
,
, Formerly distributed with Mac 10.4.

Other fonts or projects

Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Style
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, GNU Unifont
,
, Pan-Unicode
,
,
, /span>
,
, A GPLed bitmap font that covers the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane.
, -
, Code2000
,
, Pan-Unicode
,
,
,
,
,

Chinese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Style
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, SimYou
, 幼圆
, SC
, Microsoft
, Rounded
,
,
, Distributed with Chinese version of Microsoft Office.
, -
, WenQuanYi Unibit.
,
, SC
, WenQuanYi font project
, Bitmap
, /span> GPL
,
, A bitmap monospaced font.
, -
, Shuowen Jiezi True Type Font
,
, Chinese
,
,
,
,
, Most/all of the characters are small seal script. It is based on annotated Shuowen Jiezi and other sources.
, -
, I.PenCrane
,
, TC (General)
, Keshilu (刻石錄)
, Script
, /s> /span> GPL 2.0+
,
, Derived from a handwriting styled typeface by Wang Hanzong (). As Wang Hanzong fonts are suspected to be copyright infringement, this derived font is considered copyright infringement too.
, -
, Open Huninn
,
, TC (General)
, Justfont
, Rounded
, /span> SIL Open Font License
,
, Derived from MOTOYA Kosugi Maru font.

Japanese

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Style
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, Mojikyō
, 文字鏡
,
,
,
,
,
, -
, Y.OzFontN
,
,
, Handwriting
,
,
,
, -
, Kanji Stroke Order Font
, 漢字の筆順のフォント
,
, Handwriting
, /span>
,
,
, -
, Choumei
,
,
, Handwriting
, /span>
,
, Kanji Stroke Order Font with the stroke numbers omitted

Korean

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Editor/Creator
!Style
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, UnGungseo
,
,
, Calligraphy
, /span>
,
, Part of Un-series.
, -
, Jieubsida Sun-Moon
,
,
, "Felt marker style"
, /span> GPL
,
, Offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT.

Font series

This section lists fonts that are designed to be used together, or created by the same person/organization such that it forms a series of fonts.
{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Editor/Creator
!Style
!Licensing
!Format
!Comments
, -
, HanWang Series
, 王漢宗字体系列
, TC
, Wang Hanzong (), NTU.
,
, /s> GPL
,
, 42 fonts. Wang is involved in copyright infringement with Arphic Technology for the fonts in 2005.
, -
, Arphic PL Fonts series:
* AR PL Mingti2L Big5
* AR PL KaitiM Big5
* AR PL SungtiL GB
* AR PL KaitiM GB
, 文鼎自由字型系列：
* 文鼎 PL 細上海宋
* 文鼎 PL 中楷
* 文鼎 PL 簡報宋
* 文鼎 PL 簡中楷
, TC (General), SC
, Arphic foundry
, Ming/Song, Regular script
, /span> 1999 Arphic Public License
,
, 4 fonts. The CJK Unifonts project was derived from Arphic PL Fonts.
, -
, CJK Unifonts series:
* AR PL UMing
* AR PL UKai
, CJK Unifonts 系列：
* AR PL UMing
* AR PL UKai
, SC
, CJKUnifonts
, Ming/Song, Regular script
, /span> 1999 Arphic Public License
,
, 2 fonts. AR PL UMing is formerly known as AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni, . AR PL UKai is formerly known as AR PL ZenKai, . This is a project under CJK Unifonts, which is included with a number of Linux distributions.Archived copies also available at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
ttf-arphic-uming_0.2.20080216.1.orig.tar.gzttf-arphic-ukai_0.2.20080216.1.orig.tar.gz
/ref>

Merger of typefaces in ''Arphic PL Fonts''.
, -
, AR PL MingU20-L,
AR PL BaoSong2GBK
, 文鼎 PL 明體,
文鼎 PL 報宋
, TC (Taiwan), SC
, Arphic foundry
, Ming/Song
, 2010 Arphic Public License (Restricted NC-ND)
,
, 2 fonts. License: explicitly restrict distribution of the original or modified font to "only for non-profit purpose".Archived copies also available at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
文鼎科技發佈新的公眾授權字型
/ref>
, -
, Fandol series:
* Fandol Song
* Fandol Hei
* Fandol Kai
* Fandol Fang
, Fandol 系列：
* Fandol 宋体
* Fandol 黑体
* Fandol 楷体
* Fandol 仿宋
, SC
,
, From top to bottom:
* Ming/Song
* Sans-serif
* Regular script
* Imitation Song
, /s> /span> GPL with font exception
,
, 4 fonts, both Fandol Song and Fandol Hei has two weights (regular/bold). Originally for CTeX, there is debate on whether the font is FOSS as the author may have revoked the license.
, -
, cwTeX series:
* cwTeX 仿宋體 (Imitation Song)
* cwTeX 圓體 (Rounded)
* cwTeX 明體 (Ming)
* cwTeX 楷書 (Regular script)
* cwTeX 粗黑體 (Sans-serif)
, cwTeX 系列：
* cwTeX 仿宋體
* cwTeX 圓體
* cwTeX 明體
* cwTeX 楷書
* cwTeX 粗黑體
, TC
,
, From top to bottom:
* Imitation Song
* Rounded
* Ming/Song
* Regular script
* Sans-serif
, /s> /span> GPL, later SIL OFL
,
, 5 fonts. Originally for LaTeX CJK. The Bold Sans-serif has been involved in copyright infringement with Arphic Technology, while the Ming font is found out to be similar to pre-existing font.
, -
, Nanum Series:
Nanum Pen / Nanum Brush
,
, Korea
, Distributed by Naver.
,
, /span> Open Font License
,
,
, -
, Un-series
,
, Korea
,
,
,
,
, Series of Korean fonts derived from LaTeX fonts.

Font Foundries

This section lists major font foundries that produce CJK fonts.
{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 0.8em;"
!English name
!CJK name
!Localisation
!Company
!Comments
, -
, SinoType Series.
, 华文
, Chinese
, SinoType (; full name: 中国常州华文印刷新技术有限公司)
, Series of the fonts by SinoType. Distributed with Microsoft Office.
, -
, FangZheng Series.
, 方正
, SC
, Founder Group (方正; ''Fāng Zhèng'')
, Series of the fonts by Founder Type. Distributed with Microsoft Office.
, -
, Hàn Yí
, 汉仪
, SC
, 北京汉仪科印信息技术有限公司
, Series of the fonts by Hanyi.
, -
, DynaLab
, 華康
, Mostly TC (Taiwan)
, DynaComware
, Series of the fonts by Dynalab.
, -
, Arphic
, 文鼎科技
, Mostly TC (Taiwan)
, Arphic Technology
, Series of the fonts by Arphic Technology.
, -
, Justfont
, 就是字
, TC (Taiwan)
, Justfont
, Series of the fonts by Justfont, also a CJK webfont service provider.

See also

* Calligraphy
* Chinese input methods for computers
* Free software Unicode typefaces
* Japanese input methods
* Keyboard layout
* Korean language and computers
* List of typefaces
* Unicode typeface

Notes

References

Further reading

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External links

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East Asian Unicode fonts for Windows computers









Free Chinese Font

Free Japanese Font

Free Korean Fonts

Arphic Public License
a free font, licensed by Arphic Technology
*
免费中文字体
*
適用於 GNU/Linux 的字型

Japanese Fonts on OSDN

CJKV Fonts on ArchWiki

Maoken.com, Free Chinese Fonts list
* Luc Devroye's Type Design Information Pages
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