Adobe and Google Announce a Digital Type Breakthrough
July 15 2014 - 6:01PM
Business Wire
Companies Release First Open Source Font Family That Supports
Chinese, Japanese and Korean Languages
Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) today announced the release of Source Han
Sans, an open source typeface supporting Japanese, Chinese and
Korean, as well as Latin, Greek and Cyrillic alphabets. It was
developed in collaboration with Adobe’s key partner Google and
contracted foundry partners across East Asia (Changzhou SinoType,
Iwata Corporation, and Sandoll Communication). Source Han Sans
marks a record-breaking typeface in terms of size, scale,
complexity and support for Japanese, Chinese and Korean all within
the same font family. It provides designers and developers creating
content for international audiences one uniform font to use in
print and Web files no matter the language - eliminating the need
to license multiple fonts.
First Open Source Typeface to Support Chinese, Japanese and
Korean in One
While the Japanese kanji, Chinese hanzi and Korean hanja
characters share historical derivation, the typefaces have
typically been individually created to support each language, with
separate sets for Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Source Han
Sans marks the first open source font family to support each of the
languages, as well as regional variants, within the same font
family, supporting languages spoken by 1.5 billion people.
- Source Han Sans supports Japanese,
Traditional Chinese (including Taiwan and Hong Kong SAR),
Simplified Chinese, and Korean (with hangul syllables), as well as
Greek, Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.
- Source Han Sans is available in seven
weights in full fonts, as well as region-specific subsets, equaling
a total of 42 typefaces, designed for screen devices and
print.
Web Leaders Collaborate on Largest-Ever Open Source
Font
In order to account for all regional variations, Adobe, in
collaboration with Google and foundry partners Changzhou SinoType,
Iwata Corporation, and Sandoll Communication, designed 65,535
glyphs for each font, the maximum number for the OpenType format.
The development and design took more than three years, with a team
of more than 100 people, motivated by a common goal to help unify
the international design and development communities.
Adobe Quote:
Dr. Ken Lunde, senior computer scientist, CJKV Type Development,
Adobe
"Before today, designers and developers building websites or
applications intended to support or display content in Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean would need to license multiple fonts of
different designs in order to convey correct content to their
target audiences - this is both a time-intensive and
cost-ineffective process. The development of Source Han Sans was
the most extensive and complex in our 30 years of font development
at Adobe, and would not have been feasible without the
collaboration of Google and our foundry partners. We are incredibly
pleased to introduce a typeface that streamlines the workflow for
content creators as well as enriches the experience of users,
particularly those in East Asia."
Google Quote
Linus Upson, VP, engineering at Google
"We're excited to release Noto Sans CJK* — a new open source
font for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This new addition to the
Noto family is a major step towards complete coverage of all
languages. Noto Sans CJK is the result of a joint development by
Adobe, Google, and our in-country foundry partners, and provides
harmonious text for Chrome OS and many other Google products."
* Google is releasing this font under the name Noto Sans CJK as
part of their Noto pan-Unicode font family.
Helpful Links:
- Typekit blog
- Typekit font
- SourceForge
- Git Hub
- CJK Type Blog
- Type Showroom
- Adobe Type
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Google Blog link
Availability
Source Han Sans is available for immediate desktop use via Adobe
Typekit and also via the Typekit service included with Adobe
Creative Cloud.®, Users can also download Source Han Sans for free
through SourceForge or GitHub.
About Adobe Typekit
Adobe Typekit offers an extensive collection of fonts from
award-winning type designers, available for web or desktop use
through Adobe Creative Cloud. Enjoy seamless integration with print
projects, PDFs, Digital Publishing Suite apps, and more.”
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For
more information, visit www.adobe.com.
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the Adobe logo, Creative Cloud and Typekit are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the
United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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Adobe Systems IncorporatedDenise Styerwalt,
408-536-6393dstyerwa@adobe.comorEdelmanNicole Dorsa,
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