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Gowun Dodum

한: 한 · Han, the first syllable of Hangul

Gowun Dodum is a free Gothic font for Korean by Yanghee Ryu, on Google Fonts since 2021. It draws 11,172 Hangul syllables, and the English alphabet, in one weight (400).

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다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파

“The squirrel wants to ride the old wheel”: the sentence Korean type specimens use · Regular 400

01 / Characters

Hangul, syllable by syllable

The characters Korean readers learn first, set in Gowun Dodum.

Hangul 한글

Each consonant with each vowel

  1. ㅏa
  2. ㅑya
  3. ㅓeo
  4. ㅕyeo
  5. ㅗo
  6. ㅛyo
  7. ㅜu
  8. ㅠyu
  9. ㅡeu
  10. ㅣi
  11. ㄱg
  12. 가ga
  13. 갸gya
  14. 거geo
  15. 겨gyeo
  16. 고go
  17. 교gyo
  18. 구gu
  19. 규gyu
  20. 그geu
  21. 기gi
  22. ㄴn
  23. 나na
  24. 냐nya
  25. 너neo
  26. 녀nyeo
  27. 노no
  28. 뇨nyo
  29. 누nu
  30. 뉴nyu
  31. 느neu
  32. 니ni
  33. ㄷd
  34. 다da
  35. 댜dya
  36. 더deo
  37. 뎌dyeo
  38. 도do
  39. 됴dyo
  40. 두du
  41. 듀dyu
  42. 드deu
  43. 디di
  44. ㄹr
  45. 라ra
  46. 랴rya
  47. 러reo
  48. 려ryeo
  49. 로ro
  50. 료ryo
  51. 루ru
  52. 류ryu
  53. 르reu
  54. 리ri
  55. ㅁm
  56. 마ma
  57. 먀mya
  58. 머meo
  59. 며myeo
  60. 모mo
  61. 묘myo
  62. 무mu
  63. 뮤myu
  64. 므meu
  65. 미mi
  66. ㅂb
  67. 바ba
  68. 뱌bya
  69. 버beo
  70. 벼byeo
  71. 보bo
  72. 뵤byo
  73. 부bu
  74. 뷰byu
  75. 브beu
  76. 비bi
  77. ㅅs
  78. 사sa
  79. 샤sya
  80. 서seo
  81. 셔syeo
  82. 소so
  83. 쇼syo
  84. 수su
  85. 슈syu
  86. 스seu
  87. 시si
  88. ㅇ–
  89. 아a
  90. 야ya
  91. 어eo
  92. 여yeo
  93. 오o
  94. 요yo
  95. 우u
  96. 유yu
  97. 으eu
  98. 이i
  99. ㅈj
  100. 자ja
  101. 쟈jya
  102. 저jeo
  103. 져jyeo
  104. 조jo
  105. 죠jyo
  106. 주ju
  107. 쥬jyu
  108. 즈jeu
  109. 지ji
  110. ㅊch
  111. 차cha
  112. 챠chya
  113. 처cheo
  114. 쳐chyeo
  115. 초cho
  116. 쵸chyo
  117. 추chu
  118. 츄chyu
  119. 츠cheu
  120. 치chi
  121. ㅋk
  122. 카ka
  123. 캬kya
  124. 커keo
  125. 켜kyeo
  126. 코ko
  127. 쿄kyo
  128. 쿠ku
  129. 큐kyu
  130. 크keu
  131. 키ki
  132. ㅌt
  133. 타ta
  134. 탸tya
  135. 터teo
  136. 텨tyeo
  137. 토to
  138. 툐tyo
  139. 투tu
  140. 튜tyu
  141. 트teu
  142. 티ti
  143. ㅍp
  144. 파pa
  145. 퍄pya
  146. 퍼peo
  147. 펴pyeo
  148. 포po
  149. 표pyo
  150. 푸pu
  151. 퓨pyu
  152. 프peu
  153. 피pi
  154. ㅎh
  155. 하ha
  156. 햐hya
  157. 허heo
  158. 혀hyeo
  159. 호ho
  160. 효hyo
  161. 후hu
  162. 휴hyu
  163. 흐heu
  164. 히hi

02 / Text

As running text

Yun Dong-ju’s Prologue (1941), from Sky, Wind, Stars and Poems.

죽는 날까지 하늘을 우러러
한 점 부끄럼이 없기를,
잎새에 이는 바람에도
나는 괴로워했다.
별을 노래하는 마음으로
모든 죽어 가는 것을 사랑해야지
그리고 나한테 주어진 길을
걸어가야겠다.

Set large

죽는 날까지 하늘을 우러러
한 점 부끄럼이 없기를,
잎새에 이는 바람에도
나는 괴로워했다.
별을 노래하는 마음으로
모든 죽어 가는 것을 사랑해야지
그리고 나한테 주어진 길을
걸어가야겠다.

At reading size · 16 px

03 / Facts

What it covers

Hangul
11,172
Every modern syllable
Weights
1
One weight, Regular (400)
Font file
6.9 MB
Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
Licence
OFL 1.1
Free for commercial use

Designed by Yanghee Ryu. On Google Fonts since 2021, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Get it on Google Fonts Its licence file

LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:Gowun DodumFonts with Latin like it →

04 / Gothic

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05 / Questions

Questions about Gowun Dodum

Answered from its licence and its font file, and each app’s own font list

Is Gowun Dodum free for commercial use?

Yes. Gowun Dodum is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale: print, websites, apps, videos and logos, for clients and in products. What it forbids is selling the font file on its own.

How do I download and install Gowun Dodum?

FontKind doesn’t host Gowun Dodum’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file: it holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.

Does Gowun Dodum cover every Hangul syllable?

Yes: Gowun Dodum draws all 11,172 modern Hangul syllables, so any Korean word sets in it.

How do I use Gowun Dodum on a website?

Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Gowun Dodum into about a hundred small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 6.9 MB Regular file. To host it yourself, cut it down to the characters your pages use, a step called subsetting, and serve it as WOFF2: the SIL Open Font License allows that, and as Gowun Dodum reserves no name, your copy may keep it.

Can I use Gowun Dodum in a game or an app?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Gowun Dodum into a game, an app or an e-book, sold or free, with no separate licence to buy, as many paid fonts require. Ship its licence with the font files, and don’t sell the font on its own.

Is Gowun Dodum in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Gowun Dodum isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Gowun Dodum in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Gowun Dodum under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Gowun Dodum in Figma?

Yes: Gowun Dodum is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Gowun Dodum have?

Gowun Dodum comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Does Gowun Dodum have English letters?

Yes: Gowun Dodum draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Korean and English can stay in one font.

Who designed Gowun Dodum?

Gowun Dodum was designed by Yanghee Ryu. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2021.

What fonts are similar to Gowun Dodum?

The most used Korean Gothic fonts besides Gowun Dodum are Noto Sans KR, Nanum Gothic and Gothic A1. See every Gothic font for Korean.