With this newly released Variable Font version of Source Han Sans, you can freely specify and select a stroke weight from within a range, not limited to the seven existing weights. This latest technological outcome enables the Pan-CJK fonts to meet a wider scope of needs.
Version: 2.004
Simplified Chinese: All GB 18030 hanzi, all 8,105 hanzi of Tōngyòng Guīfàn Hànzìbiǎo (通用规范汉字表), 199 of which are outside of GB 18030
Traditional Chinese — Taiwan: All Big Five hanzi (aka CNS 11643 Planes 1 and 2), all HKSCS-2016 hanzi (the glyphs may or may not adhere to the Taiwan MOE glyph standard), seven ETen hanzi, 15 additional hanzi
Traditional Chinese — Hong Kong: All Big Five hanzi (aka CNS 11643 Planes 1 and 2),all HKSCS-2016 hanzi, seven ETen hanzi, 15 additional hanzi
Japanese: All Adobe-Japan1-6 kanji (a superset of those in JIS X 0208, JIS X 0213 & JIS X 0212)
Korean: All contemporary (11,172) and 500 high-frequency archaic hangul syllables, conjoining hangul jamo (with full archaic hangul support), all KS X 1001 and KS X 1002 hanja (7,476), 466 additional hanja
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Open source details
Source Han Sans HC - Pan-CJK Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Variable is available via an open source license. You're free to use it with your Adobe Fonts account just as you would any other font in the Adobe Fonts library. For information regarding other uses of Source Han Sans HC - Pan-CJK Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Variable, see copyright and license details for Source Han Sans HC VF ExtraLight.
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How to Use
You may encounter slight variations in the name of this font, depending on where you use it. Here’s what to look for.
Desktop
In application font menus, this font will display:
{{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_family_name}} {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_subfamily_name}}Web
To use this font on your website, use the following CSS:
font-family: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.family.css_font_stack.replace('"', '').replace('",', ', ')}};
font-style: italicnormal;
font-variation-settings: {{familyCtrl.getFontVariationSettingsCSS()}};
Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
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