In recent years, it can be said that there have been more and more open source fonts, and many well-known brands have released related free resources. Recently, LINE has also joined in. Recently, the LINE Seed series of open source fonts have been launched for everyone to download and use for free. Commercial use is no problem. Although the fonts are mainly English, Japanese, Korean and Thai, I tested that Chinese is also supported. As long as the characters are not too popular, they are OK. I will sort them out for everyone below.
LINE releases LINE Seed series of free open source fonts, no problem for commercial use
- Click me to go to the LINE Seed series free open source font website
- Click here to download LINE Seed EN (official download site)
- Click here to download LINE Seed JP (official download site)
- Click here to download LINE Seed KR (official download site)
- Click here to download LINE Seed TH (official download site)
After entering the LINE Seed series free open source font website, there are four language options in the upper right corner: EN (English), JP (Japanese), KR (Korean) and TH (Thai). Each can download the exclusive font for that language, which means the font files are different. In addition, the line at the top of the homepage is for you to test. You can delete it and enter the text you want:
For example, I changed the input to “Computer King Ada, the most professional 3C product and APP review website”. Even if it is a Japanese font, it can still display Chinese normally. The representative said that this font also has many Chinese characters, and every character is displayed normally:
You can switch to other fonts in the lower right corner. There are four types of Japanese fonts, Thin, Regular, Bold and ExtraBold:
Changes immediately after switching:
Now let me test the Korean part:
There is no problem with Chinese, but although the words “product” are also displayed, they are obviously different in thickness from other words:
Next is Thai:
There is no problem, and all words are displayed normally:
The download method is also very simple. After sliding to the bottom of the page, you can see the download button for Download LINE Seed JP/KR/TH/EN. The picture below is in Japanese font, so it displays Download LINE Seed JP:
English is Download LINE Seed EN:
After downloading and unzipping, there will be three folders, App, Desktop and Web. OFL is the authorization file description. You can read it before use:
The number of free open source fonts provided by each language is different. For example, Japanese has four:
There are five in English:
According to the introduction, LINE Seed is LINE’s new font, built based on the ease of use and friendliness of the recognized brand. Just like Seed, all fonts in LINE Seed have the same DNA. The balanced volume and weight ensure harmony without additional adjustments. Even if different languages are placed side by side, the texture of the text will look the same:
In its simple form, LINE Seed represents the universality and friendliness of LINE. Additionally, rounded corners are a common element for all fonts and characters, including letters, numbers, symbols, and icons:
The LINE Seed website has many design-related introductions. Friends who are interested can take a look.
Source: KOCPC Chinese