Designed by Ryoko Nishizuka, Source Han Serif is the serif-style typeface family companion to Source Han Sans. Each of its seven weights includes the full set of Adobe-Japan1-6 kanji, along with approximately 6,000 additional kanji designed by partner type foundry Iwata. Learn more about how these fonts were created.
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Open source details
Source Han Serif Japanese 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 Serif Japanese, see copyright and license details for Source Han Serif ExtraLight, Source Han Serif Light, Source Han Serif Regular, Source Han Serif Medium, Source Han Serif SemiBold, Source Han Serif Bold, and Source Han Serif Heavy.
JIS Character Coverage
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JISX0208
Specifies the most commonly used characters in Japanese, including 6,355 kanji and several hundred kana, punctuation, and other symbols.
Adobe Standard
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Adobe-Identity-0
This font uses a custom glyph set that is unique to its typeface.
Default Glyph Style
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JIS2004
Uses the JIS 2004 glyph variants by default. Example:
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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-weight: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.font.web.weight}};Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
Fonts in the Adobe Fonts library include support for many different languages, OpenType features, and typographic styles.