Version 2.0, 30 March 2023

Version history:

• 1.1, 18 December 2017

• 1.2, 3 September 2018

• 1.3, 31 March 2022
• 2.0, 30 March 2023
• 2.0.1, 6 April 2023

Fonts

In order to support not only modern Korean but also older texts, version 2.0 of Typesetting Korean now specifies Google Noto Serif CJK kr, Regular and Bold, as the main typeface for Korean text. This typeface covers both Hanja and Hangul; even archaic Hangul are supported, something which was missing from the previously-specified Batang typeface. The Hanja coverage of Noto Serif CJK kr is the equal of Batang’s. (According to information found previously on the Google Noto website, the Noto CJK fonts support “over 1.5 million archaic Hangul syllables and 11,172 modern syllables as well as all CJK ideographs in KS X 1001 and KS X 1002.”)

Note that the Noto Serif CJK kr type sizes differ from the previous Batang type sizes!

• Brill 11 pt: ~ Noto Serif CJK kr 9½ pt, tracking +80⁄1000

• Brill 10 pt: ~ Noto Serif CJK kr 8½ pt, tracking +80⁄1000

• Brill 9 pt: ~ Noto Serif CJK kr 8½ pt, tracking +80⁄1000

Please also consult CJKV fonts: How to choose between them.

Emphasis

Use the Google Noto Serif CJK kr Bold font.

Download the fonts from GitHub

The Google Noto fonts can be downloaded and used at no cost. The source that is best used is GitHub, because it always has the most recent version available:

noto-cjk/Serif at main · notofonts/noto-cjk · GitHub

The Noto CJK fonts are available in various collections. Brill typesetters must use the Language-specific OTFs for Korean:

https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-cjk/releases/download/Serif2.001/08_NotoSerifCJKkr.zip

From this .zipped package, use only the Regular and Bold fonts.