# lxgw/LxgwNeoZhiSong

A Chinese serif font derived from IPAmj Mincho. 一款衍生于「IPAmj明朝」的中文宋体字型。

Repository: https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwNeoZhiSong
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lxgwneozhisong
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: chinese-simplified, font, typeface
Last push: 2026-08-20T16:04:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 88
- inputs: {"age_days": 1244, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 51}
- 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 1209, forks 8 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.847446+00:00)

## What it is
LXGW Neo ZhiSong is an open-source Chinese serif (Song) typeface derived from IPAex Mincho and IPAmj Mincho, adapted to mainland China standardized glyph forms. It supports Unicode Variation Sequences, Greek/Cyrillic, Vietnamese Latin, and many special CJK symbols, and is now in a stable maintenance period.

## Use cases
- open-source Chinese serif font for documents
- Song typeface with mainland China standardized glyphs
- font for typesetting Chinese text with UVS punctuation variants
- free alternative to commercial Song fonts
- font supporting Greek, Cyrillic, and Vietnamese Latin alongside Chinese

## When to choose
- you need a free, open-licensed Chinese Song/serif font
- you want mainland-standard glyph shapes based on IPAmj Mincho
- you need broad CJK symbol coverage (I Ching, mahjong, xiangqi, counting rods)

## When to avoid
- you need a font under a permissive license like OFL or MIT (it uses IPA Font License 1.0, with embedding restrictions)
- you need frequent new glyph additions or rapid iteration
- you need a sans-serif or handwriting style

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: internationalization
- domain: cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: font, typeface, chinese-simplified, serif, songti, open-source-font, ipa-font-license, localization

## Member repositories
- lxgw/LxgwNeoZhiSong (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.847446+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 2026-08-30T06:18:35.828729+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwNeoZhiSong (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.847446+00:00, sha abfdcdb9851d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.