cjk-fonts-ttf

CJK Fonts TTF provides CJK fonts of four font styles (Regular, Bold, Italic, BoldItalic) required by CJK languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) PDF.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Download Fonts
  • notosans-cjk
  • notosansmono-cjk
  • notoserif-cjk
• Copyright
  • Fonts License
  • Code License
  • Third Party Tools Scripts License
• Contributing
  • Requirements
  • Build Step
  • Result Fles
  • build step concept

Overview

General CJK fonts only provide Regaulr and Bold fonts, but lack Italic and BoldItalic fonts.

This project uses Noto Sans CJK, Noto Sans Mono CJK, Noto Serif CJK three fonts as source files to complement Italic, BoldItalic fonts.

Download Fonts

The following three fonts are provided: Noto Sans CJK, Noto Sans Mono CJK, Noto Serif CJK. Please select the file to download according to your language or region.

Languages/Areas:

• HK (Hong Kong)

• JP (Japanese)

• KR (Korean)

• SC (Simplified Chinese)

• TC (Traditional Chinese)

Each zip file contains CJK TTF font files of four font styles (Regular, Bold, Italic, BoldItalic).

TTF Naming conventions here: (xx is lowercase of Languages/Areas)

Take the font NotoSansCJK as an example, the language xx will contain the following 4 ttf files.

• NotoSansCJKxx-Regular.ttf

• NotoSansCJKxx-Bold.ttf

• NotoSansCJKxx-Italic.ttf

• NotoSansCJKxx-BoldItalic.ttf

EX: xx is 'tc'

Take the font NotoSansCJK as an example, the language tc will contain the following 4 ttf files.

• NotoSansCJKtc-Regular.ttf

• NotoSansCJKtc-Bold.ttf

• NotoSansCJKtc-Italic.ttf

• NotoSansCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf

notosans-cjk

• NotoSansCJK-SC.zip

• NotoSansCJK-TC.zip

• NotoSansCJK-HK.zip

• NotoSansCJK-JP.zip

• NotoSansCJK-KR.zip

NotoSansCJK-SC.zip
  ├ LICENSE
  ├ NotoSansCJKsc-BoldItalic.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKsc-Bold.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKsc-Italic.ttf
  └ NotoSansCJKsc-Regular.ttf

NotoSansCJK-TC.zip
    ├ LICENSE
    ├ NotoSansCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf
    ├ NotoSansCJKtc-Bold.ttf
    ├ NotoSansCJKtc-Italic.ttf
    └ NotoSansCJKtc-Regular.ttf

NotoSansCJK-HK.zip
  ├ LICENSE
  ├ NotoSansCJKhk-BoldItalic.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKhk-Bold.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKhk-Italic.ttf
  └ NotoSansCJKhk-Regular.ttf

NotoSansCJK-JP.zip
  ├ LICENSE
  ├ NotoSansCJKjp-BoldItalic.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKjp-Bold.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKjp-Italic.ttf
  └ NotoSansCJKjp-Regular.ttf

NotoSansCJK-KR.zip
  ├ LICENSE
  ├ NotoSansCJKkr-BoldItalic.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKkr-Bold.ttf
  ├ NotoSansCJKkr-Italic.ttf
  └ NotoSansCJKkr-Regular.ttf

notosans-cjk-ttf

Language / Styles	Regular	Italic	Bold	Bold Italic
SC (Simplified Chinese)	NotoSansCJKsc-Regular.ttf	NotoSansCJKsc-Italic.ttf	NotoSansCJKsc-Bold.ttf	NotoSansCJKsc-BoldItalic.ttf
TC (Traditional Chinese)	NotoSansCJKtc-Regular.ttf	NotoSansCJKtc-Italic.ttf	NotoSansCJKtc-Bold.ttf	NotoSansCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf
HK (Hong Kong)	NotoSansCJKhk-Regular.ttf	NotoSansCJKhk-Italic.ttf	NotoSansCJKhk-Bold.ttf	NotoSansCJKhk-BoldItalic.ttf
JP (Japanese)	NotoSansCJKjp-Regular.ttf	NotoSansCJKjp-Italic.ttf	NotoSansCJKjp-Bold.ttf	NotoSansCJKjp-BoldItalic.ttf
KR (Korean)	NotoSansCJKkr-Regular.ttf	NotoSansCJKkr-Italic.ttf	NotoSansCJKkr-Bold.ttf	NotoSansCJKkr-BoldItalic.ttf

notosansmono-cjk

• NotoSansMonoCJK-SC.zip

• NotoSansMonoCJK-TC.zip

• NotoSansMonoCJK-HK.zip

• NotoSansMonoCJK-JP.zip

• NotoSansMonoCJK-KR.zip

notosansmono-cjk-ttf

Language / Styles	Regular	Italic	Bold	Bold Italic
SC (Simplified Chinese)	NotoSansMonoCJKsc-Regular.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKsc-Italic.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKsc-Bold.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKsc-BoldItalic.ttf
TC (Traditional Chinese)	NotoSansMonoCJKtc-Regular.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKtc-Italic.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKtc-Bold.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf
HK (Hong Kong)	NotoSansMonoCJKhk-Regular.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKhk-Italic.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKhk-Bold.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKhk-BoldItalic.ttf
JP (Japanese)	NotoSansMonoCJKjp-Regular.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKjp-Italic.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKjp-Bold.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKjp-BoldItalic.ttf
KR (Korean)	NotoSansMonoCJKkr-Regular.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKkr-Italic.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKkr-Bold.ttf	NotoSansMonoCJKkr-BoldItalic.ttf

notoserif-cjk

• NotoSerifCJK-SC.zip

• NotoSerifCJK-TC.zip

• NotoSerifCJK-HK.zip

• NotoSerifCJK-JP.zip

• NotoSerifCJK-KR.zip

notoserif-cjk-ttf

Language / Styles	Regular	Italic	Bold	Bold Italic
SC (Simplified Chinese)	NotoSerifCJKsc-Regular.ttf	NotoSerifCJKsc-Italic.ttf	NotoSerifCJKsc-Bold.ttf	NotoSerifCJKsc-BoldItalic.ttf
TC (Traditional Chinese)	NotoSerifCJKtc-Regular.ttf	NotoSerifCJKtc-Italic.ttf	NotoSerifCJKtc-Bold.ttf	NotoSerifCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf
HK (Hong Kong)	NotoSerifCJKhk-Regular.ttf	NotoSerifCJKhk-Italic.ttf	NotoSerifCJKhk-Bold.ttf	NotoSerifCJKhk-BoldItalic.ttf
JP (Japanese)	NotoSerifCJKjp-Regular.ttf	NotoSerifCJKjp-Italic.ttf	NotoSerifCJKjp-Bold.ttf	NotoSerifCJKjp-BoldItalic.ttf
KR (Korean)	NotoSerifCJKkr-Regular.ttf	NotoSerifCJKkr-Italic.ttf	NotoSerifCJKkr-Bold.ttf	NotoSerifCJKkr-BoldItalic.ttf

Copyright

Copyright © 2022 life888888. and the cjk-fonts-ttf Project.

Fonts License

Free use of this project fonts is granted under the terms of the SIL Open Font License.

• This Projec Fonts License: cjk-fonts-ttf fonts - SIL Open Font License.

• Google Fonts Noto-CJK: SIL Open Font License. Repo: https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-cjk

  • Noto Sans CJK

  • Noto Sans Mono CJK

  • Noto Serif CJK

Code License

Free use of this project software is granted under the terms of the MIT License.

Third Party Tools Scripts License

• convert_italic.pe : MIT License - Copyright (c) 2015 Rei

https://github.com/chloerei/asciidoctor-pdf-cjk-kai_gen_gothic/blob/master/bin/convert_italic.pe

• cjk-multi-fix.py : the new BSD license. - Copyright 2017 Hin-Tak Leung

https://github.com/HinTak/freetype-py/blob/fontval-diag/examples/cjk-multi-fix.py

Contributing

You can re-generate ttf files, please refer to the following settings:

Requirements

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04 or Other Linux

• Python3 (Ubuntu 20.04 default pre-installed)

• FontForge

$ sudo apt install fontforge
$ sudo apt install python3-fontforge

• Freetype Python bindings for Python 3 (python3-freetype)

$ sudo apt install python3-freetype

• Rename or move /usr/share/fontforge/Adobe-Identity-0.cidmap to others.(cjk-multi-fix.py required to doing this)

$sudo mv /usr/share/fontforge/Adobe-Identity-0.cidmap /usr/share/fontforge/Adobe-Identity-0.cidmap.bak

Build Step

Download this project Source Code.

Unzip Project and enter the folder

$ unzip cjk-fonts-ttf.zip

$ cd cjk-fonts-ttf

Edit build-fonts-all.sh

# Noto Font CJK
export BUILD_FONT_FS_SANS=1
export BUILD_FONT_FS_SANSMONO=1
export BUILD_FONT_FS_SERIF=1

# Languages
export BUILD_FONT_LANG_SC=0
export BUILD_FONT_LANG_TC=1
export BUILD_FONT_LANG_HK=0
export BUILD_FONT_LANG_JP=0
export BUILD_FONT_LANG_KR=0

You can set the font you want to create to 1 , for example

• BUILD_FONT_FS_SANS=1

• BUILD_FONT_FS_SANSMONO=1

• BUILD_FONT_FS_SERIF=1

You can set the language to be created to 1, for example, you only wanted to create Traditional Chinese BUILD_FONT_LANG_TC=1, and the others are set to 0

Modify build-fonts-all.sh , you can save it after completion.

Execute build fonts

$ ./build-fonts-all.sh

Result Fles

Zip Files

After the execution is complete, you can go to the releases directory to view

• NotoSansCJK-TC.zip ,

• NotoSansMonoCJK-TC.zip,

• NotoSerifCJK-TC.zip

The file has been created, indicating that the execution was successful.

Unpacking Files

The following files can be found in the releases/Sans subdirectory:

└── TC
    ├── LICENSE
    ├── NotoSansCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf
    ├── NotoSansCJKtc-Bold.ttf
    ├── NotoSansCJKtc-Italic.ttf
    └── NotoSansCJKtc-Regular.ttf

The following files can be found in the releases/SansMono subdirectory:

└── TC
    ├── LICENSE
    ├── NotoSansMonoCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf
    ├── NotoSansMonoCJKtc-Bold.ttf
    ├── NotoSansMonoCJKtc-Italic.ttf
    └── NotoSansMonoCJKtc-Regular.ttf

The following files can be found in the releases/Serif subdirectory:

└── TC
    ├── LICENSE
    ├── NotoSerifCJKtc-BoldItalic.ttf
    ├── NotoSerifCJKtc-Bold.ttf
    ├── NotoSerifCJKtc-Italic.ttf
    └── NotoSerifCJKtc-Regular.ttf

build step concept

Rough conversion steps for build-font-fs-lang.sh:

• 1. Download Google Fonts (zip).

• 2. Unzip the zip to get Noto XXX CJK otf (Regular & Bold)

• 3. Convert OTF files to TTF files using cjk-multi-fix.py.

• 4. Use convert_italic.pe to convert Regaulr and Bold fonts to Italic and BoldItalic fonts.

• 5. Use ttf-rename.py to reset TTF’s font fullname, family name, etc.