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Noto Serif KR

한: 한 · Han, the first syllable of Hangul

Noto Serif KR is a free Myeongjo font for Korean by Google, on Google Fonts since 2018. It draws 11,172 Hangul syllables and 8,271 hanja, and the English alphabet, in 8 weights, 200–900. The same design as Adobe's Source Han Serif K, which Adobe and Google drew together.

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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 Noto Serif 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

8 weights

200–900 · one variable file

  • 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
  • ExtraBold · 800다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
  • Black · 900다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파

04 / Facts

What it covers

Hangul
11,172
Every modern syllable
Hanja
8,271
The Chinese characters Korean sometimes writes
Weights
8
200–900, in one variable file
Font file
22.7 MB
Its variable file: Google serves it in slices
Licence
OFL 1.1
Free for commercial use

Designed by Google. On Google Fonts since 2018, 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:Noto Serif KR

05 / Myeongjo

More Myeongjo Korean fonts

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06 / Questions

Questions about Noto Serif KR

Answered from its licence and its font file

Is Noto Serif KR free for commercial use?

Yes. Noto Serif 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 Noto Serif KR?

FontKind doesn’t host Noto Serif 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 one variable file for every weight, and a static folder with a file per weight: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.

Does Noto Serif KR cover every Hangul syllable?

Yes: Noto Serif KR draws all 11,172 modern Hangul syllables, so any Korean word sets in it. It also draws 8,271 hanja, the Chinese characters Korean sometimes writes.

How do I use Noto Serif KR on a website?

Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Noto Serif KR into about a hundred small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 22.7 MB variable 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 Noto Serif KR in a game or an app?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Noto Serif 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 Noto Serif KR have?

Noto Serif KR comes in eight weights, from ExtraLight (200) to Black (900). Its file is variable: it takes any weight from 200 to 900.

Does Noto Serif KR have English letters?

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

Who designed Noto Serif KR?

Noto Serif KR was designed by Google. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2018.

What fonts are similar to Noto Serif KR?

The most used Korean Myeongjo fonts besides Noto Serif KR are Nanum Myeongjo, Gowun Batang and Hahmlet. See every Myeongjo font for Korean.