List of CJK fonts

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 name the two first classes Ming and sans-serif (gothic) while further divide the "script" into several Chinese script styles.

The first four characters of Thousand Character Classic in different typeface styles, script styles and type styles. From left to right: sans-serif (gothic), Ming, regular script, clerical script and seal script

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, Chinese: 舊字形)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, using education standard: Standard Form of National Characters, Chinese: 國字標準字體)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, using education standard: List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters, Chinese: 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 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 font[Note 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.

Ming (Song)

Sample of Ming typeface. Shown here are its forms in (from top to bottom): Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.

Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK


English name	CJK name	Localisation	Editor/Creator	Licensing	Format	Comments
Bitstream Cyberbit		Pan-Unicode
Hanazono Mincho[1]	花園明朝	Pan-CJK		[F] Hanazono Font License or SIL Open Font License	ttf	HanaMinA (Japanese 花園明朝A) for BMP and HanaMinB (Japanese 花園明朝B) 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[Vertical=RotatedGlyphs]{HANAMINA.TTF`, as required for traditional writing: some characters aren't displayed after rotating, while they work without rotation.
Sazanami-Hanazono Mincho[2]		Pan-CJK		[F]	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	[F] SIL Open Font License		SIL Open Font License v.1.1 in April 2017.[3]
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.[4]

Chinese

Sample of MingLiU(細明體), monospaced font for Latin characters.

Sample of PMingLiU(新細明體), proportional font for Latin characters.

Sample of SimSun (中易宋体), monospaced font for Latin characters.

Sample of I.Ming (一點明體)

Sample of KingHwa OldSong (京華老宋体)


English name	CJK name	Localisation	Editor/Creator	Licensing	Format	Comments
BabelStone Han[5]		SC		[F] 1999 Arphic Public License		Based on Arphic PL Fonts, extended partly to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H.
DLCMingMedium DLCMingBold	華康中明體，華康粗明體	TC	Microsoft Windows			Font family from which Windows 3.0's default Traditional Chinese font 'Ming Light' is derived.
MingLiU	細明體	TC (Taiwan)	Microsoft Windows		`mingliu.ttc`	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 (新細明體), which is a proportional font. MingLiU (`mingliu.ttc`) 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 (新細明體更新套件), 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+		`mingliu.ttc`	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		`mingliub.ttc`	MingLiU-ExtB (`mingliub.ttc`,細明體-ExtB), PMingLiU-ExtB (新細明體-ExtB) – distributed with PMingLiU Update Pack (新細明體更新套件), Windows Vista.
LiSong Pro Light	儷宋 Pro	TC (Hong Kong)	Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.3–10.4.
Apple LiSung Light	蘋果儷細宋	TC (Hong Kong)	Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.2–10.4.
I.Ming	I.明體	TC (General)		[F] IPA font licence	ttf	Derived from IPAex Minchō font, availably at Keshilu blog (刻石錄) and GitHub.[6][7]
MS Song	MS宋体	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	中易宋体,宋体	SC	Microsoft		`simsun.ttc`	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 `post` and `OS/2` table while SimSun did not.[8]
NSimSun	新宋体	SC	Microsoft		`simsun.ttc`	Distributed with all regions of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000. The Latin characters in this font is monospaced.
SimSun-18030, NSimSun-18030	宋体-18030, 新宋体-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)	宋体-方正超大字符集	SC	Microsoft			Distributed 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	宋体-ExtB	SC	Microsoft		`simsunb.ttf`	Distributed with Windows Vista.
Song		SC	OS X 10.2–10.4.
STSong	华文宋体	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	华文中宋	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	全字庫正宋體	TC (Taiwan)	Ministry of Education of Taiwan (教育部)[9]	[F] Open Government Data License v1.0,[10] equivalent to CC-BY 4.0 International license[11]		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	文泉驿点阵宋体	SC		[F] GNU GPL		Raster typeface.
KingHwa OldSong	京華老宋体		特里王			Covers CJK Unified Ideographs, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A; partially covers CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, and covers all encoded simplified Chinese characters. Also covers all commonly used characters in UBPSHNVN's Nôm standard.

Japanese

Sample of IPAMinchō typeface.


English name	CJK name	Editor/Creator	Licensing	Comments
IPAex Minchō	IPAex明朝		[F] IPA font licence	Part of IPA font series developed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. Released from here.[12]
IPAmj Minchō			[F] IPA font licence	Part of IPA font series developed by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. Released from here.[13]
MS Mincho	ＭＳ明朝	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	ＭＳＰ明朝	Microsoft		Distributed in the Japanese version of Windows 95 or later, all regions in Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2004.
Kochi Mincho	東風明朝		[F] public domain	Free typeface included with a number of Linux distributions. Originally based on the Watanabe (渡邊フォント) typeface, then reissued based on the Wadalab outlines for legal reasons.
Hiragino Minchō Pro W3, Hiragino Minchō Pro W6	ヒラギノ明朝Pro W3, ヒラギノ明朝Pro W6	Mac OS X		Included in Mac OS X. It covers almost all of the Adobe Japan 1–5 glyph collection.
Heisei Minchō	平成明朝	Adobe		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	リュウミン	Morisawa foundry
Kozuka Minchō	小塚明朝	Adobe		Designed by Kozuka Masahiko (also the creator of the sans-serif typeface Shin Gothic or Shingo).
Sazanami Mincho[14]	さざなみ明朝		[F]	The last version dates from 2004.

Korean


English name	CJK 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. Initially made by Un Koanghui (은광희) as a set of type 1 typefaces to use with Korean LaTeX. Later they were converted to opentype typefaces by Park Won-gyu (박원규). UnBatang also has a version with opentype GSUB/GPOS tables to support archaic Hangul with Hangul Conjoining Jamos.
Baekmuk Batang	백묵 바탕	Kim Jeong-hwan (김정환)	[F]	Distributed on most Linux distributions. License: open content.
Seoul Hangang	서울한강체			Distributed by Seoul Metropolitan Government as its official Ming typeface. Special font for vertical writing included.
Nanum Myeongjo	나눔명조	Naver	[F] 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

Sample of Nôm Na Tống

Sample of Minh Nguyên


English name	Editor/Creator	Licensing	Comments
Nôm Na Tống 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		[F] GPL	Covers Radicals Supplements, CJK, CJK Ext. A, CJK Ext. B;
Han-Nom Minh 1.43	UBPSHNVN		Contains 34,736 characters with 34,737 glyphs.
Han-Nom Ming 1.10	UBPSHNVN		Contains 34,079 characters with 34,082 glyphs.
Minh Nguyen 1.10	UBPSHNVN

Zhuang


English name	CJK name	Editor/Creator	Licensing	Format	Comments
Sawndip			[F] 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.