The Nanum fonts () is a series of

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s designed for the

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, designed by Sandoll Communications and Fontrix (Korean: 폰트릭스). It includes a

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(gothic),

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(myeongjo),

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(coding), pen script, and brush script typefaces. It was published and distributed by

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. It is the basic Korean font of

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since version 12.04. The five Nanum fonts are also included in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Variations

Nanum Gothic

It was designed by Sandoll Communications and released in 2008-2011. It has three weights without

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Nanum Gothic Coding

It is similar with Nanum Gothic but is designed for developers to use easily. It was released in 2009. It is the

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edition of Nanum Gothic. It has two weights without Italics.

Nanum Myeongjo

It was designed by Fontrix and released in 2008. It has three weights without Italics

Nanum handwriting (brush and pen)

It consists of two types of handwriting, brush and pen. It was included with the Nanum Fonts 3.0 version.

Nanum Gothic Eco and Nanum Myeongjo Eco

It was developed by technical tie-up with Ecofont BV. It was designed to save ink on printers.

References

External links

Nanum fontNanum Gothic coding fontNanum Gothic on Google FontsNanum Myeongjo on Google FontsNanum Gothic Coding on Google FontsNanum Pen Script on Google FontsNanum Brush Script on Google Fonts
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