# welai/glow-sans

SHSans-derived CJK font family with a more concise & modern look. 未来荧黑·未來熒黑·ヒカリ角ゴ：基于思源黑体改造，拥有粗度和宽度系列，更加简明现代的超大字体家族。

Repository: https://github.com/welai/glow-sans
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glow-sans
Homepage: https://welai.github.io/glow-sans
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: font, cjk, source-han, otf
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-03-11T01:46:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2409, "days_push": 1637, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1957, forks 62 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.121973+00:00)

## What it is
Glow Sans (未来荧黑) is an open-source CJK sans-serif font family derived from Source Han Sans, Fira Sans, and Raleway, offering 9 weights and multiple widths (44 fonts total) for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese. The fonts are generated entirely with code using image-processing-based glyph deformation algorithms, accompanied by a web-based visual parameter-tuning tool.

## Use cases
- find a free commercial-use modern Chinese sans-serif font
- download a CJK font family with multiple weights and widths
- get an open alternative to Source Han Sans with a more concise look
- use a Chinese/Japanese font in UI or web design
- customize font glyph parameters via a visual tool
- install CJK fonts via Homebrew

## When to choose
- you need a free, commercially usable CJK sans-serif with fine-grained weight/width options
- you want a modern, clean alternative to Source Han Sans for SC/TC/Japanese text
- you want to experiment with parametric glyph deformation in type design

## When to avoid
- you need Korean glyph support
- you need variable fonts or TTF format
- you require perfect curve quality or full coverage of all Source Han Sans characters (e.g., enclosed CJK letters)
- you need OpenType features like ccmp or locl for CJK

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, image-processing, developer-tools
- domain: graphics, web-design, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: font, cjk, chinese-fonts, japanese-fonts, source-han-sans, typeface, otf, typography, open-font-license, localization, web, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- welai/glow-sans (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.121973+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 2026-08-30T03:06:12.728252+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/welai/glow-sans (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.121973+00:00, sha ec10d4655fb7)
  - homepage: https://welai.github.io/glow-sans (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:11.884484+00:00, sha 0de19b69d4b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.