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Source Han Sans

Source Han Sans is a sans-serif gothic typeface family created by Adobe and Google. It is also released by Google under the Noto fonts project as Noto Sans CJK. The family includes seven weights, and supports Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. It also includes Latin, Greek and Cyrillic characters from the Source Sans family.

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Design

Point sizeArphic TechnologyIwata CorporationJaSandoll Communications
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Adobe Open Source Fonts

Source Code ProSource SerifSource Han Serif
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Disputes

Standard Form of National CharactersJiu zixing
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Source Han Code JP (2015)

JapaneseDuospaced font
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Also known as
Noto Sans CJK
Category
Sans-serif
Classification
East Asian gothic typeface
Commissioned by
Adobe, Google
Date released
16 July 2014; 12 years ago (2014-07-16)
Foundry
Adobe

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Design

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Disputes

Source Han Code JP (2015)

Adobe Open Source Fonts

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Source Han Sans

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples58
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Source Han Sans

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related to Disputes · 21
Source Han Sans → Before, Both, Commonly-Used Chinese Characters, Graphemes, HK, Hong Kong, Hong Kong's List, However, It, Japanese, Korean, National Characters, November, Simplified Chinese, Source Han Sans HK/HC, Source Han Sans TWHK, Taiwan, Taiwan's Standard Form, Traditional Chinese, TW
related to External links · 8
Source Han Sans → Adobe Fonts, CJKGitHub, Han Sans Hong KongSource, Han Sans JapaneseSource Han, Han Sans Simplified ChineseSource, Han Sans Traditional ChineseSource, Sans KoreanGoogle Noto Sans, Source Han Code JP
related to Source Han Code JP (2015) · 8
Source Han Sans → Code JP, EM, Japanese, Latin, Source Code Pro, Source Han Code JP, Source Han Sans JP, The
related to Source Han Sans HW (2015) · 6
Source Han Sans → ASCII, Bold, Introduced, Regular, Source Han Sans HW, Source Han Sans Version
related to Release · 3
Source Han Sans → OTC, Source Sans Pro, The
Also known as · 1
Source Han Sans → Noto Sans CJK
Category · 1
Source Han Sans → Sans-serif
Classification · 1
Source Han Sans → East Asian gothic typeface
Commissioned by · 1
Source Han Sans → Adobe, Google
Date released · 1
Source Han Sans → 16 July 2014; 12 years ago (2014-07-16)

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sans source version cjk glyphs han japanese characters fonts font chinese family noto also adobe google hong kong traditional korean

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Source Han SansAlso known asNoto Sans CJK1.00infobox
Source Han SansCategorySans-serif1.00infobox
Source Han SansClassificationEast Asian gothic typeface1.00infobox
Source Han SansCommissioned byAdobe, Google1.00infobox
Source Han SansDate released16 July 2014; 12 years ago (2014-07-16)1.00infobox
Source Han SansFoundryAdobe1.00infobox
Source Han SansGlyphs655351.00infobox
Source Han SansLatest release date18 June 2025; 14 months ago (18 June 2025)1.00infobox
Source Han SansLatest release version2.005R1.00infobox
Source Han SansLicenseUntil v1.001: Apache License v2.0 Since v1.002: SIL Open Font License v.1.11.00infobox
Source Han SansTrademarkAdobe1.00infobox
Source Han Sansis asans-serif gothic typeface family created by Adobe and Google0.90text

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