Malgun Gothic font family
Overview
Malgun Gothic is a Korean font developed by taking advantage of ClearType technology, and it provides excellent reading experience particularly onscreen. Its elements are created based on the typeface of Hunminjeongeum, and streamlined with modern form of characters as well as upright and well-regulated strokes. The font is very legible at small sizes with its moderate open counters, and its even inter-character spacing and visual center line maximize the readability.
| Description | |
|---|---|
| File name | Malgunsl.ttf Malgun.ttf Malgunbd.ttf |
| Styles & Weights | Malgun Gothic Semilight Malgun Gothic Malgun Gothic Bold |
| Designers | Kyoung-bae Lee; Daekwon Kim |
| Copyright | © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
| Font vendor | Microsoft Corp. |
| Script Tags | dlng:'Hang', 'Hani', 'Kore' slng:'Hang', 'Hani', 'Hira', 'Jpan', 'Kana', 'Kore', 'Latn' |
| Code pages | 1252 Latin 1 1251 Cyrillic 1253 Greek 1257 Windows Baltic 949 Korean Wansung |
| Fixed pitch | False |
Licensing and redistribution info
- Font redistribution FAQ for Windows
- License Microsoft fonts for enterprises, web developers, for hardware & software redistribution or server installations
Products that supply this font
| Product name | Font version |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | See the Windows 11 page. |
| Windows 10 | See the Windows 10 page. |
| Windows 8.1 | See the Windows 8.1 page. |
| Windows 8 | See the Windows 8 page. |
| Windows 7 | See the Windows 7 page. |
| Windows Vista | 5.00 |
| Windows Server 2008 | 5.00 |
This typeface is also available within Office applications. For more information visit this page.
Style & weight examples
Change list:
Windows 10 version 1507 released on July 29, 2015
The Semilight weight was added to the Malgun Gothic font family
Windows Vista
Malgun Gothic was introduced. Initially it was available in two styles.
- Malgun Gothic
- Malgun Gothic Bold