Japanese · Gothic (sans serif)ゴシック体
Pretendard JP
Pretendard JP is a free Gothic font for Japanese by Kil Hyung-jin, on GitHub. It draws 7,140 kanji and the kana, and the English alphabet, in 9 weights, 100–900. Pretendard's Japanese edition, built on Inter, Source Han Sans and M PLUS 1p.
あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
01 / Characters
Hiragana, katakana and kanji
The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in Pretendard JP.
Hiragana ひらがな
Each with its sound
- あa
- いi
- うu
- えe
- おo
- かka
- きki
- くku
- けke
- こko
- さsa
- しshi
- すsu
- せse
- そso
- たta
- ちchi
- つtsu
- てte
- とto
- なna
- にni
- ぬnu
- ねne
- のno
- はha
- ひhi
- ふfu
- へhe
- ほho
- まma
- みmi
- むmu
- めme
- もmo
- やya
- ゆyu
- よyo
- らra
- りri
- るru
- れre
- ろro
- わwa
- をwo
- んn
Katakana カタカナ
Each with its sound
- アa
- イi
- ウu
- エe
- オo
- カka
- キki
- クku
- ケke
- コko
- サsa
- シshi
- スsu
- セse
- ソso
- タta
- チchi
- ツtsu
- テte
- トto
- ナna
- ニni
- ヌnu
- ネne
- ノno
- ハha
- ヒhi
- フfu
- ヘhe
- ホho
- マma
- ミmi
- ムmu
- メme
- モmo
- ヤya
- ユyu
- ヨyo
- ラra
- リri
- ルru
- レre
- ロro
- ワwa
- ヲwo
- ンn
Kanji 漢字
Each with its meaning
- 永eternity
- 日sun
- 月moon
- 火fire
- 水water
- 木tree
- 金gold
- 土earth
- 山mountain
- 川river
- 雨rain
- 花flower
- 空sky
- 海sea
- 風wind
- 森forest
- 夢dream
- 愛love
- 心heart
- 道way
- 書write
- 字letter
- 光light
- 春spring
- 夏summer
- 秋autumn
- 冬winter
- 東east
- 京capital
- 語language
02 / Text
As running text
The opening of Miyazawa Kenji’s The Polano Square.
あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。
あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。
03 / Weights
9 weights
100–900
- Thin · 100あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- ExtraLight · 200あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- Light · 300あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- Regular · 400あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- Medium · 500あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- SemiBold · 600あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- Bold · 700あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- ExtraBold · 800あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
- Black · 900あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風
04 / Facts
What it covers
- Kanji
- 7,140
- More than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set
- Kana
- 184
- Hiragana and katakana, with their voiced and small forms
- Weights
- 9
- 100–900
- Vertical text
- No
- No vertical forms: its marks stay where lines across put them
- Font file
- 5.2 MB
- Its Regular, from its maker’s repository
- Licence
- OFL 1.1
- Free for commercial use
Designed by Kil Hyung-jin and published on GitHub, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:Pretendard JP
06 / Questions
Questions about Pretendard JP
Answered from its licence and its font file
Is Pretendard JP free for commercial use?
Yes. Pretendard JP 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 Pretendard JP?
FontKind doesn’t host Pretendard JP’s files: it comes free from Kil Hyung-jin’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Does Pretendard JP have kanji?
Yes: Pretendard JP draws 7,140 kanji, with the hiragana and katakana. That is more than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set for Japanese text.
How do I use Pretendard JP on a website?
Pretendard JP’s font file is large for a web page: 5.2 MB for the Regular file alone. So 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, under a name of your own if the font reserves its name.
Can Pretendard JP set vertical text?
Pretendard JP can, but without vertical forms: its file has no OpenType vert feature, so set vertically, its commas, full stops and small kana stay where horizontal text puts them. A browser turns its brackets itself. For vertical text, these fonts of its style have them: Noto Sans JP, Zen Kaku Gothic New and M PLUS 1p.
Can I use Pretendard JP in a game or an app?
Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Pretendard JP 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.
How many weights does Pretendard JP have?
Pretendard JP comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900).
Does Pretendard JP have English letters?
Yes: Pretendard JP draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Japanese and English can stay in one font.
Who designed Pretendard JP?
Pretendard JP was designed by Kil Hyung-jin.
What fonts are similar to Pretendard JP?
The most used Japanese Gothic fonts besides Pretendard JP are Noto Sans JP, Zen Kaku Gothic New and M PLUS 1p. See every Gothic font for Japanese.