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Malgun Gothic

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Malgun Gothic (맑은 고딕)
CategorySans-serif
Designer(s)Kyoung-bae Lee, Daekwon Kim
FoundrySandoll Communications
Design based onSegoe UI

Malgun Gothic(Korean:맑은 고딕;RR:Malgeun Godik) is aKoreansans-seriftypefacedeveloped bySandoll Communications,with hinting by Monotype Imaging,[1]as a replacement ofDotumandGulimas the default system font for theKorean language.It was first shipped withWindows VistaandWindows Server 2008,being available to download later forWindows XPandWindows Server 2003users.[2]The name "malgun" means "clear" in Korean, thus making a direct translation of the font's name "Clear Gothic."

Characteristics

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The font usesSegoe UIfor Latin text, while the Korean glyphs are created based on the typeface ofHunminjeongeum,and streamlined with modern form of characters as well as upright and well-regulated strokes. The font supportsKS X 1001character set, but unlike Dotum and Gulim, there are no Han ideographic glyphs (Windows will pull from the Gulim hanja set instead) initially, and the fonts do not include half-width fixed Latin glyphs. There are hanja designed for Malgun Gothic by ChinaType Design, Monotype Imaging Inc. and they were released whenWindows 8released. The glyphs aren't rounded at the terminals.

Windows Vistaincludes two romanweightsof the font.

Windows 10changed glyph characteristics.

Incompatibilities

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In contrast toSegoe UI,Malgun Gothic does not display thebackslash\typographical mark correctly. While Segoe UI renders the backslash mark as expected, Malgun Gothic displays the symbol₩of theSouth Korean Woninstead.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Monotype Imaging Brings Fonts to Microsoft Office and Windows Vista Products".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-14.
  2. ^Download details: Korean ClearType fonts for Windows XP[dead link]
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