
This is a list of notable CJK fonts (computer fonts with 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". This article names the two first classes Ming and sans-serif (gothic) while further dividing the "script" into several Chinese script styles.
The fonts are then sorted by their target writing system:Note 1
- Chinese: Chinese character. (May also support bopomofo.)
This can be subdivided into the following classification:- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese (General, using printing standard or jiu zixing, 舊字形)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, using Standard Form of National Characters by the Ministry of Education, 國字標準字體)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, using the List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters by the Ministry of Education, 常用字字形表)
- The following localization table shortens Simplified Chinese to SC and Traditional Chinese to TC.
- Japanese: kanji, hiragana and katakana
- Korean: Hangul, hanja, etc.
- Vietnamese: for the Nôm 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 fontNote 2)
- Pan-CJK: intended to support the majority of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, and not specifically designed for any one of these writing systems
Legends
- [F] means the font is free and open-source software (FOSS).
[F]means it was formerly seen as FOSS but has been involved in a legal controversy.- [FP] means the font is free for personal use, but for commercial use, it requires a paid commercial license.
- [P] means that the font is not free and requires a paid license for personal and commercial uses.
Ming (Song)
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Sample of Ming typeface. Shown here are its forms in (from top to bottom): Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.
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Sample of Source Han Serif
Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK
| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitstream Cyberbit | Pan-Unicode | Bitstream Inc. | [FP] | |
| TPTQ Serif CJK | Pan-CJK | Typotheque | Commercial | |
| Hanazono Mincho1 花園明朝 |
Pan-CJK | Kamichi Koichi and GlyphWiki contributors | Hanazono Font License or SIL Open Font License | HanaMinA (Japanese: 花園明朝A) for BMP and HanaMinB (花園明朝B) for SIP – covers all CJK, CJK Compatibility, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A, B, C, D, E, and F. This font has issues in LaTeX.Note 3 It has not been updated since 2017 and has been succeeded by Jigmo. |
| Jigmo 字雲 |
Pan-CJK | Kamichi Koichi and GlyphWiki contributors | CC0 1.0 Universal | Jigmo, Jigmo2, and Jigmo3. Version 20250912 offers complete coverage of all Unicode CJK characters up to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J introduced in 2025 with Unicode version 17.0.2 |
| Pan-CJK | Adobe and Google | SIL Open Font License | SIL Open Font License v.1.1 in April 2017.3 | |
| TH-Tshyn 天珩全字库 |
Pan-Unicode | Sim CheonHyeong 沈天珩 |
TH-Tshyn-P0, TH-Tshyn-P1, TH-Tshyn-P2 and TH-Tshyn-P16. Version 4.1.0 offers complete coverage of all Unicode CJK characters up to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I introduced in 2023 with Unicode version 15.1.4 | |
| DFPMingLight-UN 華康細明體(P)-UN |
Pan-Unicode | DynaComware | Commercial |
Chinese
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Sample of MingLiU (細明體), monospaced Latin characters.
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Sample of PMingLiU (新細明體), proportional Latin characters.
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Sample of SimSun (中易宋体), monospaced Latin characters.
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Sample of I.Ming (一點明體)
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Sample of KingHwa OldSong (京華老宋体)

| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabelStone Han5 | SC | Andrew West | 1999 Arphic Public License | |
| DLCMingMedium 華康中明體 DLCMingBold |
TC | Microsoft | ||
| MingLiU 細明體 |
TC (Taiwan) | Microsoft | Default interface typeface for Windows 3.0 to Windows XP. | |
| PMingLiU 新細明體 |
TC (Taiwan) | Microsoft | Distributed starting from Windows 95. | |
| MingLiU_HKSCS 細明體_HKSCS MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB |
TC (Hong Kong) | |||
| LiSong Pro Light 儷宋 Pro |
TC (Hong Kong) | |||
| Apple LiSung Light 蘋果儷細宋 |
TC (Hong Kong) | |||
| I.Ming I.明體 |
TC (General) | IPA font licence | Derived from IPAex Minchō font, available at Keshilu blog (刻石錄) and GitHub.67 | |
| MS Song MS宋体 |
SC | Microsoft | ||
| SimSun 中易宋体, 宋体 |
SC | Default interface typeface for Windows 3.1x to Windows XP, distributed starting from Windows 3.1x. Monospaced Latin characters. Unlike NSimSun (below), this is not labelled monospaced in the post and OS/2 table.8
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| NSimSun 新宋体 |
SC | Monospaced Latin characters. | ||
| SimSun-18030 宋体-18030 NSimSun-18030 |
SC | |||
| Simsun (Founder Extended) 宋体-方正超大字符集 |
SC | |||
| SimSun-ExtB or Sun-ExtB 宋体-ExtB |
SC | |||
| SimSun-ExtG 宋体-ExtG |
SC | Distributed with Windows 11 2023 Update and 2024 Update. | ||
| Song | SC | |||
| STSong 华文宋体 |
SC | SinoType Technology (常州华文印刷新技术) | ||
| STZhongsong 华文中宋 |
SC | Microsoft | ||
| TW-Sung, TW-Sung-Ext-B, TW-Sung-Plus 全字庫正宋體 |
TC (Taiwan) | Ministry of Education, Taiwan (教育部)9 | Open Government Data License v1.0,10 equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license11 | |
| WenQuanYi Bitmap Song 文泉驿点阵宋体 |
SC | GNU GPL | Raster typeface. | |
| KingHwa OldSong 京華老宋体 |
SC, TC | Terri Wong (特里王) | ||
| FangZheng ShuSong 方正书宋 |
SC, TC | FounderType | ||
| FangZheng PingXian YaSong 方正屏显雅宋 |
SC | Commercial | ||
| FangZheng BoYaSong 方正博雅宋 |
SC, TC | |||
| FangZheng LanTingSong 方正兰亭宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng YaSong family 方正雅宋 |
SC, TC | |||
| FangZheng YouSong family 方正悠宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng XiaoBiaoSong 方正小标宋 |
SC, TC | |||
| FangZheng DaBiaoSong 方正大标宋 |
SC, TC | |||
| FangZheng GuiFan ShuSong 方正规范书宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng LanTing KanSong 方正兰亭刊宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng BaoSong 方正报宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng BoYa FangKanSong 方正博雅方刊宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng BoYa KanSong 方正博雅刊宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng XinShuSong 方正新书宋 |
SC, TC | |||
| FangZheng SongYi 方正宋一 |
SC, TC | |||
| FangZheng XinBaoSong 方正新报宋 |
SC | |||
| FangZheng SongSan 方正宋三 |
SC | |||
| Hanyi ShuSongEr 汉仪书宋二 |
SC | |||
| Hanyi ZhongSong 汉仪中宋 |
SC | |||
| Hanyi XuanSong 汉仪玄宋 |
SC | |||
| WenJinMincho 文津宋体 |
SC | takushun-wu | SIL Open Font License |
Japanese

| Name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPAex Minchō IPAex明朝 |
Innovation Platform Agency, Japan | IPA font licence | Part of IPA font series.12 |
| IPAmj Minchō IPAmj明朝 |
Part of IPA font series, includes many characters for names. Released from here.13 | ||
| MS Mincho MS 明朝 |
Microsoft | ||
| MS PMincho MS P明朝 |
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| Kochi Mincho 東風明朝 |
Public domain | ||
| Hiragino Minchō Pro W3, Hiragino Minchō Pro W6 ヒラギノ明朝Pro W3, ヒラギノ明朝Pro W6 |
SCREEN Graphic Solutions | Commercial | Included in Mac OS X/macOS. |
| Heisei Minchō 平成明朝 |
Adobe (distributor, original by JSA) | ||
| RyūMin (Ryūbundō Minchō) リュウミン |
Morisawa Inc. | ||
| Kozuka Minchō 小塚明朝 |
Adobe | ||
| Sazanami Mincho14 さざなみ明朝 |
Electronic Font Open Laboratory (efont) | [F] Modified BSD License | |
| YuMincho 游明朝体 |
Jiyu-Kobo (字游工房) | Commercial | |
| BunyuMin 文游明朝体 |
Korean
| English name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batang 바탕 |
Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. | ||
| BatangChe 바탕체 |
Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font. | ||
| Gungsuh 궁서 |
Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. | ||
| GungsuhChe 궁서체 |
Distributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font. | ||
| AppleMyungjo 애플명조 |
Default Korean font on Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, and iOS. Fully supports Unicode from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. | ||
| UnBatang, UnGungsuh 은바탕, 은궁서 |
[F] | Included in most Linux distributions. | |
| Baekmuk Batang 백묵 바탕 |
Kim Jeong-hwan (김정환) | [F] | Distributed on most Linux distributions. |
| Seoul Hangang 서울한강체 |
Distributed by Seoul Metropolitan Government as its official Ming typeface. Special font for vertical writing included. | ||
| Nanum Myeongjo
나눔명조 |
Naver | SIL Open Font License | One of Nanum-series fonts, distributed by Naver. |
| Hamchorom Batang 함초롬바탕 |
Hancom | [F] | Developed by Hancom, supporting Unicode from 1.0 to 5.0 and Hangul Jamo Extended A/B.15 |
| Jieubsida Batang 지읍시다바탕 |
[F] | Korean-language, Ming style offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT. License: GPL.16 |
Vietnamese
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Sample of Nôm Na Tống
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Sample of Minh Nguyên
| Name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nôm Na Tống 5.040 喃哪宋 5.040 |
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 Thích Thanh Từ.17 | ||
| Han Nom Font Set | GPL | ||
| Han-Nom Minh 1.43 漢喃明 1.43 |
UBPSHNVN | ||
| Han-Nom Ming 1.10 漢喃明 1.10 |
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| Minh Nguyen 1.10 明源 1.10 |
Zhuang
| Name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawndip | 1999 Arphic Public License |
Sans-serif
Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK

| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arial Unicode MS | Pan-Unicode | [FP] Bundled | ||
| TPTQ Sans CJK | Pan-CJK | Typotheque | Commercial | TDC winner 2023.18 Used in Ford vehicles in HMI consoles.19 |
| Droid Sans Fallback | Pan-Unicode (SC style) | Ascender Corporation for Google's Android | Apache License 2 | Was the default system font for Android below version 4.4.2. Replaced by Source Han Sans. |
| Pan-CJK | Adobe, Google, SinoType, Iwata Corporation, Sandoll Communication. | SIL Open Font License | License: Apache License 2 on July 15, 2014.2021 Since September 29, 2015, all Noto fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License rather than the Apache licence.22 | |
| LINE Seed Sans | Pan-Unicode | LY Corporation | SIL Open Font License | Released in 2021.23 |
Chinese
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Sample of WenQuanYi Micro Hei (文泉驿微米黑)
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Sample of Microsoft JhengHei (微軟正黑體)
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Sample of SimHei (中易雅黑), monospaced Latin characters.



| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WenQuanYi Zen Hei 文泉驿正黑 |
SC | GPL v2.0 font exception | Over 36,000 glyphs in total, among which 20,300 are Chinese characters. | ||
| WenQuanYi Micro Hei 文泉驿微米黑 |
SC | GPL v3 or Apache License v2 | Based on Droid Sans Fallback. | ||
| PingFang SC, PingFang TC, PingFang HK 苹方-简 蘋方-繁 蘋方-港 |
SC, TC (Taiwan), TC (Hong Kong) | System font for Apple MacOS system. | |||
| Heiti SC, Heiti TC 黑体-简 黑體-繁 |
SC, TC (Taiwan) | Was system font for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. | |||
| Hiragino Sans GB 冬青黑体简体中文 ヒラギノ角ゴ 簡体中文 |
SC | ||||
| STHeiti 华文黑体 |
SC | SinoType | Was system font for OS X 10.2 Jaguar to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. | ||
| STHeiti Light/[STXihei] 华文细黑 |
SC | A thinner version of STHeiti Regular. | |||
| LiHei Pro Medium 儷黑 Pro |
TC (Taiwan) | ||||
| Apple LiGothic Medium 蘋果儷中黑 |
TC (Taiwan) | ||||
| Microsoft JhengHei 微軟正黑體 |
TC (Taiwan) | China Type Design Limited | Default Windows system font since Windows Vista. | ||
| Microsoft YaHei 微软雅黑 |
SC | Founder Type | Default Windows system font since Windows Vista. (Based on FangZheng LanTing Hei) | ||
| MS Hei MS黑体 |
SC | ||||
| MHei 蒙纳黑體 |
TC (Hong Kong) | Commercial | Owned by Monotype | ||
| SimHei 中易黑体 or 黑体 |
SC | ||||
| DengXian 等线 |
SC | ||||
| HarmonyOS Sans SC, HarmonyOS Sans TC 鸿蒙黑体, 鴻蒙黑體 |
SC, TC | Huawei & Hanyi Fonts | Variable font | SC supports 27,930 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters. Download: official site | |
| MiSans VF, Misans TC VF |
SC, TC | Xiaomi & Hanyi Fonts | Variable font | SC supports 27,780 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters. Download: official site | |
| MiSans L3 | SC | Single weight (Regular) | Supports 60,338 characters (GB18030-2022 L3). Download: official site | ||
| OPPO Sans 4.0 SC, OPPO Sans 4.0 TC |
SC, TC | Oppo & Hanyi Fonts | Variable font | Version 4.0. SC supports 27,772 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters. Associated "Hanyi ZhongHei L3" for L3 support. Download: official site | |
| vivo Sans SC VF, vivo Sans TW VF(vivo Sans TC VF) |
SC, TC | FounderType | Variable font | SC supports 27,831 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,070 characters. Download: official site | |
| vivo Sans SC L3 | SC | Single weight (Regular) | Supports 60,338 characters (GB18030-2022 L3). | ||
| HONOR Sans Design (HONOR Sans VF CN), HONOR Sans VF TC |
SC, TC | Variable font | SC supports 27,781 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters.Download: official site | ||
| FangZheng LanTing Hei (FZLTH) 方正兰亭黑 |
SC, TC | Commercial | Released 2006. Early screen-focused family. Basis for Microsoft YaHei. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2 & L3. | ||
| FangZheng YouHei (FZYouH) 方正悠黑 |
SC | Released 2014. FounderType's 2nd gen screen font. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2. | |||
| FangZheng LanTing Hei Pro (FZLTHPro) 方正兰亭黑Pro |
SC | Released 2017. Optimized LanTing Hei for portable HD screens. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2. | |||
| FangZheng YueJia Hei (FZYJH) 方正悦驾黑 |
SC | Released 2024. New generation screen font. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2022 L2. | |||
| Hanyi QiHei (HYQiHei) 汉仪旗黑 |
SC | Hanyi Fonts (汉仪字库) | Commercial | Released 2013. Modern reading efficiency with traditional calligraphic charm. Conforms to GB18030-2022 L1+L2. | |
| M XiangHe Hei 翔鹤黑体 |
SC, TC | Monotype | Commercial | Released 2020. Merges traditional brush strokes (Kaishu style) with modern letterforms. Conforms to GB18030-2022 L1+L2. | |
| Plangothic 遍黑体 |
SC | Fitzgerald-Porthmouth-Koenigsegg | SIL Open Font License | Based on Source Han Sans. Fills CJK Extension B to J characters. Contains ~77,000 Hanzi glyphs. Download: project page | |
| Alibaba PuHuiTi 阿里巴巴普惠体 |
SC, TC, HK | Alibaba Group | [F]24 | Version 3.0 was released in 2023. Fully supports GB18030-2022 standards. Level 1 & 2 supported in 7 weights; Level 3 supported in Regular. Download: official site | |
| GWM Sans 长城共享体 |
SC | GWM, Monotype | [F] | Font intended for use on in-vehicle car displays. Supports GB18030-2022 L2. Download: official site | |
| IM Sans 我们不会 |
SC | IM(?), Hanyi Fonts |
Japanese


| Name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPA Gothic | Designed by Innovation Platform Agency, Japan | IPA licence | Part of the IPA font series.12 |
| Meiryo メイリオ |
[FP] | Default Windows system font since Windows Vista. | |
| Mona Font | Public domain | ||
| M+ OUTLINE FONTS | [F] Free license | ||
| VL Gothic VLゴシック |
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| Sazanami Gothic25さざなみゴシック | |||
| MS Gothic MS ゴシック |
Distributed on Microsoft Windows 3.1 and later. | ||
| MS PGothic MS Pゴシック |
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 8.1. | ||
| Yu Gothic UI | |||
| Osaka | Distributed on Classic Mac OS. | ||
| Hiragino Kaku Gothic ヒラギノ角ゴ |
Distributed on Mac OS X. | ||
| Hiragino Maru Gothic ヒラギノ丸ゴ |
Distributed on Mac OS X. | ||
| Kozuka Gothic 小塚ゴシック |
Typeface family provided by new versions of Adobe Illustrator. | ||
| GothicBBB-Medium | Adobe | ||
| Kochi Gothic 東風ゴシック |
Originally named Watanabe font (渡邊フォント).
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.272829 |
Korean

| English name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppleGothic | 애플고딕 | Fully supports Unicode from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | ||
| Dotum | 돋움 | |||
| DotumChe | 돋움체 | Monospace font. | ||
| Gulim | 굴림 | |||
| GulimChe | 굴림체 | Monospace font. | ||
| Malgun Gothic | 맑은 고딕 | |||
| New Gulim | 새굴림 | |||
| Gulim Old Hangul Jamo | ||||
| Apple SD Gothic Neo | 애플 SD 산돌고딕 Neo | |||
| UnDotum | 은돋움 | GPL | Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts with the same name. | |
| UnShinmun | 은신문 | GPL | Un-series fonts initially derived from Korean LaTeX fonts with the same name. | |
| Baekmuk Gulim | 백묵굴림 | [F] | ||
| Seoul Namsan | 서울남산체 | Seoul Metropolitan Government. | ||
| Nanum Gothic | 나눔고딕 | Distributed by Naver. | Open Font License | Nanum-series fonts. |
| Hamchorom Dotum | 함초롬돋움 | Designed by Hancom. | [F] | Supporting Unicode from 1.0 to 5.0 and Hangul Jamo Extended A/B.15 |
| Jieubsida Dodum | 지읍시다돋움 | GPL | 16 |
Vietnamese

| Name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Format | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han-Nom Gothic 1.40 | UBPSHNVN | 35,733 characters with 36,306 glyphs | ||
| Gothic Nguyen 1.21 | UBPSHNVN |
Regular script

Chinese
| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Kaiti Std Adobe楷体 |
SC/TC | Adobe, Sandoll Communications | Commercial | Bundled with Adobe products. Supports both SC and TC glyphs. |
| BiaoKai, KaiU, DFKai-SB 標楷體 |
TC (Taiwan) | DynaComware | Distributed with Microsoft Windows 95 & higher, and Apple OS X up to Yosemite. Known as BiauKai on macOS. | |
| DFK LiKai 華康儷楷書 |
TC | A popular typeface from DynaFont (華康字型) series. | ||
| DFK KaiShu 華康楷書體 |
TC | A standard Kai script typeface from DynaFont series. | ||
| FZ Jiaocai Guifan Kaiti 方正教材规范楷体 |
SC | FounderType | A Kaiti typeface designed to meet the standards for educational materials in mainland China. | |
| FZ KaiTi 方正楷体 |
SC | A classic Kaiti typeface from Founder. Often used in publishing and printing. | ||
| FZNewKai 方正新楷体
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SC, TC (SC style) | FounderType30 | Initial set released in 2006. 28,928 glyphs in the basic BMP fonts plus another 54,328 in the SIP fonts. | |
| Hanyi Kaiti 汉仪楷体 |
SC | Hanyi (汉仪字库) | A popular Kaiti typeface from Hanyi Fonts. | |
| SimKai, KaiTi 中易楷体 楷体_GB2312 |
SC | Beijing Zhongyi Electronics Co. (中易电子) | Distributed on Chinese versions of Microsoft Windows. | |
| STKaiti 华文楷体 |
SC | SinoType | Distributed with Microsoft Windows and macOS. | |
| TW-Kai,
TW-Kai-Ext-B,
TW-Kai-Plus |
TC (Taiwan) | Ministry of Education, Taiwan9 | Open Government Data License v1.0,10 equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license11 | 100,000+ characters covering CNS 11643. TW-Kai covers the characters mapped to the Basic Multilingual Plane, TW-Kai-Ext-B covers CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, and TW-Kai-Plus covers Private Use Area mapped characters. |
| I.Ngaan I.顏體 |
TC | Keshilu (刻石錄)31 | Derived from a Yan styled typeface by Wang Hanzong (王漢宗).31 As Wang Hanzong fonts are suspected to be copyright infringement, this derived font is considered copyright infringement too. | |
| Free HK Kai 自由香港楷書 |
TC (Hong Kong) | Free Hong Kong Font (自由香港字型) project | CC-BY 4.0 International license11 | Based on TW-Kai, following List of Glyphs of Commonly Used Characters (常用字字形表) by Education Bureau of Hong Kong SAR.11 |
Japanese
| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klee One クレーOne |
JP | FONTWORKS | SIL OFL 1.1 | A transitional handwritten style between Kai (regular script) and Fangsong.32 Has been developed into simplified Chinese font LxgwWenKai (霞鹜文楷)33 and Taiwanese Traditional Chinese font iansui (芫荽).34 |
Vietnamese

| English name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han-Nom Khai 1.20 | 漢喃楷 1.20 | UBPSHNVN | 28,147 characters with 28,145 glyphs |
Clerical script
| English name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimLi 中易隶书 or 隶书 |
SC | Distributed with the Chinese version of Microsoft Office. | ||
| UnYetgul 은옛글 |
Korean | [F] | One of Un-series fonts initially derived from the Korean LaTeX fonts. |
Imitation Song

| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FangSong 中易仿宋, 仿宋 (display name) |
SC | Microsoft | Distributed with the Chinese version of Microsoft Windows. | |
| STFangsong 华文仿宋 |
SC | SinoType | Formerly distributed with Mac 10.4. | |
| Zhuque Fangsong 朱雀仿宋 |
SC (and TC?) | TrionesType | SIL OFL 1.1 | Reportedly the first open-source Fangsong font.35 |
Other fonts or projects
Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK
| English name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNU Unifont | Pan-Unicode | [F] | A GPLed bitmap font that covers the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane. | ||
| Code2000 | Pan-Unicode |
Chinese
| Name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimYou 幼圆 |
SC | Microsoft | Rounded | Distributed with Chinese version of Microsoft Office. | |
| WenQuanYi Unibit | SC | WenQuanYi font project | Bitmap | GPL | A bitmap monospaced font. |
| Shuowen Jiezi True Type Font 說文解字True Type字型 |
Chinese | Script | Most/all of the characters are small seal script. It is based on annotated Shuowen Jiezi and other sources. | ||
| Chong Xi Small Seal 崇羲篆體 |
Chinese | Academia Sinica | Script | CC-BY-ND-3.0-TW-or-later | Most/all of the characters are small seal script. It is based on annotated Shuowen Jiezi and other sources. |
| I.PenCrane I.鋼筆鶴體 |
TC (General) | Keshilu (刻石錄)36 | Script | GPL 2.0+ | Derived from a handwriting styled typeface by Wang Hanzong (王漢宗).36 As Wang Hanzong fonts are suspected to be copyright infringement, this derived font is considered copyright infringement too. |
| Open Huninn Open 粉圓 |
TC (General) | Justfont | Rounded | SIL Open Font License | Derived from MOTOYA Kosugi Maru font. |
| Ma Shan Zheng | SC | Ma Shan Zheng Project | Script | SIL Open Font License | Derived from the font used to display "yinglian", a type of duilian typically displayed on the sides of doors or entryways.37 |

Japanese
| English name | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mojikyō
文字鏡 |
||||
| Y.OzFontN | Handwriting | |||
| Kanji Stroke Order Font 漢字の筆順のフォント |
[F] | |||
| Choumei | [F] | Kanji Stroke Order Font with the stroke numbers omitted |
Korean
| English name | CJK name | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UnGungseo | 은궁서 | Calligraphy | [F] | Part of Un-series. | |
| Jieubsida Sun-Moon | 지읍시다선문 | "Felt marker style" | GPL16 | 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.
| English name | Localisation | Editor/Creator | Style | Licensing | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HanWang Series 王漢宗字体系列 |
TC | Wang Hanzong (王漢宗), NTU. | 42 fonts. Wang is involved in copyright infringement with Arphic Technology for the fonts in 2005. | ||
Arphic PL Fonts series:
|
TC (General), SC | Arphic foundry | Ming/Song, Regular script | 1999 Arphic Public License | 4 fonts. The CJK Unifonts project was derived from Arphic PL Fonts. |
CJK Unifonts series:
|
SC | CJKUnifonts | Ming/Song, Regular script | Arphic Public License | 2 fonts. AR PL UMing is formerly known as AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni, AR PL 上海宋. AR PL UKai is formerly known as AR PL ZenKai, AR PL 中楷. This is a project under CJK Unifonts, which is included with a number of Linux distributions.Note 4
Merger of typefaces in Arphic PL Fonts. |
| AR PL MingU20-L 文鼎 PL 明體 AR PL BaoSong2GBK |
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".Note 5 |
Fandol series:
|
SC | From top to bottom:
|
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.3839 | ||
cwTeX series:
|
TC | From top to bottom:
|
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.4041 | ||
| Nanum Series:
Nanum Pen / Nanum Brush |
Korean | Distributed by Naver. | Open Font License | ||
| Un-series | Korean | Series of Korean fonts derived from LaTeX fonts. |
Font foundries
This section lists major font foundries that produce CJK fonts.
- SinoType Technology (Chinese: 中国常州华文印刷新技术有限公司)
- Founder Group (Chinese: 方正)
- Hanyi Fonts (Chinese: 汉仪科印)
- DynaLab by DynaComware (Chinese: 華康)
- Arphic (Chinese: 文鼎科技)
- Justfont (Chinese: 就是字)
See also
See also
Notes
Notes
- A font targeted to a writing system usually still contains glyphs in the other writing systems.
- If 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)
- If rotated with
\setCJKmainfont[Vertical=RotatedGlyphs]{HANAMINA.TTF, as required for traditional writing: some characters aren't displayed after rotating, while they work without rotation. - Archived copies also available at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: ttf-arphic-uming_0.2.20080216.1.orig.tar.gz, ttf-arphic-ukai_0.2.20080216.1.orig.tar.gz
- Archived copies also available at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: 文鼎科技發佈新的公眾授權字型
References
References
- "Hanazono fonts". Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- More information on this and related font packages is available at the download page at https://kamichikoichi.github.io/jigmo/.
- "Noto Serif CJK is here!". Google Developers Blog. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- More information on this and related font packages is available at the download page at http://cheonhyeong.com/Simplified/download.html.
- "BabelStone Fonts : BabelStone Han".
- "造字:開源字型_i.明體 [刻石錄]".
- ichitenfont/I.Ming: I.Ming ( I.明體 / 一點明朝體 / 一點明體 )
- 宋体(Simsun)和新宋体(NSimsun)的区别_c#_学习是为了探索这个世界的本质-CSDN博客. blog.csdn.net. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- "Cns11643中文標準交換碼全字庫(簡稱全字庫)".
- "政府資料開放授權條款-第1版".
- "字型下載 – 自由香港字型".
- "IPAexフォントおよびIPAフォントについて". Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- "IPAmj明朝フォント". Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- Author page Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), deprecated ttf-sazanami-mincho Debian package
- "글로벌 소프트웨어의 리더, 한글과컴퓨터". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- "Download File List - Tsukurimashou Font Family and IDSgrep - OSDN".
- (in Vietnamese) "Quy trình Nôm Na: Giúp đọc Nôm và Hán Việt và chữ Nôm trên mạng Archived 2016-08-24 at the Wayback Machine", Tạp chí Nghiên cứu và Thảo luận, 5 July 2005.
- "Typotheque | TPTQ Sans CJK". www.oneclub.org.
- "TPTQ Sans CJK". Type Directors Club.
- "Noto: A CJK Font That is Complete, Beautiful and Right for Your Language and Region".
- "The Typekit Blog | Introducing Source Han Sans: An open source Pan-CJK typeface".
- "Google Fonts".
- "LINE Seed".
- https://www.yuque.com/yiguang-wkqc2/puhuiti/nus9wiinq4aeiegy
- Author page Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Deprecated ttf-sazanami-gothic Debian package
- "About unauthorized copy of 32-dot bitmap font". Hiroki KANOU. June 27, 2003. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- "CID/OpenType conversion kit for Kochi Mincho/Kochi Gothic". June 18, 2003. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- フォントの権利侵害について (in Japanese). Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd. 29 Sep 2003. Archived from the original on August 5, 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- "方正新楷体字体包,方正新楷体字体打包下载_方正字库官网".
- "造字:開源字型_i.顏體 [刻石錄]".
- "fontworks-fonts/Klee". Fontworks Inc. 16 May 2025.
- "lxgw/LxgwWenKai". 18 May 2025.
- Ko, But (15 May 2025). "ButTaiwan/iansui".
- "朱雀仿宋 —— 首款开源仿宋字体". 2023-08-22.
- "造字:開源字型_i.鋼筆鶴體 [刻石錄]".
- "Ma Shan Zheng". Google Fonts. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
- "【诈尸+吐槽】令人哭笑不得的「破产黑体」,暴露你乎某些「资深设计师」的真实水平". 知乎专栏 (in Chinese).
- "《Fandol破产字体》已经破产的Fandol字体能免费商用吗?-猫啃网,免费商用中文字体下载!". www.maoken.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- "來源可能是盜版的開源字型,授權沒問題嗎? · Issue #15 · l10n-tw/cwtex-q-fonts". GitHub. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- "《台湾cwTeX字体系列》字体来源可能是盗版字体 不建议商业使用-猫啃网,免费商用中文字体下载!". www.maoken.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
Further reading
Further reading
- Lunde, Ken (2009). CJKV Information Processing. O'Reilly. pp. 633–634. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
External links
External links
- "Fonts and supported products". Microsoft.
- "Fonts supplied with Windows and Mac OS X, by script". r12a.github.io.
- East Asian Unicode fonts for Windows computers
- List of free Simplified Chinese fonts
- List of free Traditional Chinese fonts
- List of free Japanese fonts
- List of free Korean fonts
- Free Chinese Font
- Free Japanese Font
- Free Korean Fonts
- Arphic Public License: a free font, licensed by Arphic Technology
- (in Chinese) 免费中文字体
- (in Chinese) 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: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Taiwan










