Pretendard Font

Pretendard’s project documentation describes a cross-platform neo-grotesque built on Inter, Source Han Sans and M PLUS 1p. The project is associated with Hyung-jin Kil and credits the underlying design contributors through its distribution. Its scope includes multilingual alignment rather than simply reskinning a Latin interface.

Read the publisher’s family page for the source account and the edition currently offered. Keep a family name distinct from its particular release, width or optical branch.

Nine weights and variable resources are documented. JP, Std and GOV branches serve different environments; Std is intended for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic-only use. The Latin comparison fonts on this page do not reproduce Pretendard’s full Korean or Japanese resources.

Use the original publisher specimen to inspect those features. An alternative can share a broad role without having the same letter shapes, metrics or character coverage.

Compare mixed-script headings and interface labels in the original family before judging only an English sample. Select the appropriate branch, check the actual names and punctuation, and inspect line wrapping in the final application.

For independent comparisons, try Inter and Source Sans 3. Use the same wording and approximate output size. The related style guide provides broader design context.

Use Pretendard project to try the original and investigate the files, styles and terms for your intended workflow. This site does not distribute or serve Pretendard font software.

The editable alternatives here have their own source profiles and included licenses. For the difference between a font file and copied characters, read Unicode text versus fonts.