# adobe-fonts/source-han-sans

Source Han Sans | 思源黑体 | 思源黑體 | 思源黑體 香港 | 源ノ角ゴシック | 본고딕

Repository: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-han-sans
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/source-han-sans
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: source-han, opentype, cff, otc, otf, font, cjk, variable-fonts, cff2
Last push: 2025-06-25T03:30:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 28, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4436, "days_push": 434, "days_rel": 441, "gap_med": 0, "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 17132, forks 1380 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:17.721300+00:00)

## What it is
Source Han Sans is a set of open-source Pan-CJK OpenType sans-serif fonts covering Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, including variable font formats. The repository also provides all source files needed to rebuild the fonts with the Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO).

## Use cases
- need a free CJK font for a website
- display Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text consistently across platforms
- embed Pan-CJK fonts in an application or document
- build custom OpenType CJK fonts from source
- find a variable font supporting CJK scripts
- localize software UI for East Asian languages

## When to choose
- you need high-quality, freely licensed Pan-CJK sans-serif typography
- you want consistent CJK rendering across Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
- you need variable font or WOFF2 formats for web use

## When to avoid
- you need a Latin-only or non-CJK typeface
- you need a serif CJK font (use Source Han Serif instead)
- you want a font library for programmatic font manipulation rather than font files

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: stable
- function: internationalization, graphics
- domain: cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: fonts, cjk, opentype, typography, open-source-fonts, variable-fonts, localization

## Member repositories
- adobe-fonts/source-han-sans (main) score 47

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.721300+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 2026-08-29T17:03:29.763172+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-han-sans (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.721300+00:00, sha 2323e2f9cb96)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.