# Pal3love/dream-han-cjk

Open-source pan-CJK font families with enormous range of weights, the CJK sans and serif you have dreamed of.

Repository: https://github.com/Pal3love/dream-han-cjk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dream-han-cjk
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: source-han-sans, source-han-serif, source-han-truetype
Last push: 2026-03-03T10:12:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 41, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1635, "days_push": 183, "days_rel": 183, "gap_med": 465, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1282, forks 27 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:14.003753+00:00)

## What it is
Dream Han CJK is a family of open-source pan-CJK sans and serif fonts derived from the variable versions of Source Han Sans and Source Han Serif. It instantiates 27 intermediate weights (W1-W27) into traditional static TrueType fonts, merges overlapping outlines for compatibility, and fixes the oversized Adobe line-height issue.

## Use cases
- get more font weights for Source Han Sans and Serif
- use CJK fonts with fine-grained weight control in software that lacks variable font support
- fix the large line height of Source Han fonts in Adobe apps
- find free pan-CJK fonts for commercial use
- install CJK fonts with simplified, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japanese, and Korean glyph variants
- embed CJK fonts in Microsoft Office documents

## When to choose
- you need many intermediate weights of a Source Han-style CJK font with maximum compatibility
- you want static TTF/TTC fonts instead of variable fonts due to software compatibility issues
- you need the Adobe line-height problem fixed out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need the exact original Source Han weight values or OpenType/CFF cubic curves
- you require variable font technology for dynamic weight interpolation
- you need fonts outside the Source Han glyph design

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: graphics
- domain: cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: fonts, cjk, typography, source-han-sans, source-han-serif, variable-fonts, open-font-license, ttf, font-family, localization, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- Pal3love/dream-han-cjk (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.003753+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:57:40.204685+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Pal3love/dream-han-cjk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.003753+00:00, sha 3645475da727)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.