Skip to content
fontkind.

Korean · Gothic (sans serif)고딕

IBM Plex Sans KR

한: 한 · Han, the first syllable of Hangul

IBM Plex Sans KR is a free Gothic font for Korean by Mike Abbink and Bold Monday, on Google Fonts since 2021. It draws 11,172 Hangul syllables, and the English alphabet, in 7 weights, 100–700.

Get it on Google Fonts Every character

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 IBM Plex Sans KR.

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 / Weights

7 weights

100–700

  • Thin · 100다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
  • ExtraLight · 200다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
  • Light · 300다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
  • Regular · 400다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
  • Medium · 500다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
  • SemiBold · 600다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
  • Bold · 700다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파

04 / Facts

What it covers

Hangul
11,172
Every modern syllable
Weights
7
100–700
Font file
2.7 MB
Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
Licence
OFL 1.1
Free for commercial use

Designed by Mike Abbink and Bold Monday. 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:IBM Plex Sans KR

05 / Gothic

More Gothic Korean fonts

Every Gothic font for Korean →

All 51 Korean fonts →Japanese, Chinese and Korean fonts →

06 / Questions

Questions about IBM Plex Sans KR

Answered from its licence and its font file

Is IBM Plex Sans KR free for commercial use?

Yes. IBM Plex Sans KR 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 IBM Plex Sans KR?

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

Does IBM Plex Sans KR cover every Hangul syllable?

Yes: IBM Plex Sans KR draws all 11,172 modern Hangul syllables, so any Korean word sets in it.

How do I use IBM Plex Sans KR on a website?

Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts IBM Plex Sans KR into about a hundred small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 2.7 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, under a name of your own if the font reserves its name.

Can I use IBM Plex Sans KR in a game or an app?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build IBM Plex Sans KR 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 IBM Plex Sans KR have?

IBM Plex Sans KR comes in seven weights, from Thin (100) to Bold (700).

Does IBM Plex Sans KR have English letters?

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

Who designed IBM Plex Sans KR?

IBM Plex Sans KR was designed by Mike Abbink and Bold Monday. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2021.

What fonts are similar to IBM Plex Sans KR?

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