BIZ UDPGothic

Designed by Type Bank Co., Morisawa Inc.

2 weights • Version 15 • On Google Fonts since 2022 • Popularity #300

Quick Summary

2

Styles

400-700

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

5

Languages / Subsets

Category
sans-serif
Best for
display
Scripts
Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese, Latin
Origin
Japan
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 10, 2025

© 2022 The BIZ UDGothic Project Authors

The quick brown fox

32px

About BIZ UDPGothic Fonts

モリサワのBIZ UDゴシックは、教育やビジネス文書作成などに活用できるよう、より多くの方にとって読みやすく使いやすいように設計されたユニバーサルデザインフォントです。読みやすさとデザインバランスに優れた、すっきりとしたUDゴシック書体で、漢字の省略できるハネやゲタを取ることで、文字をクリアに見せています。大きめな字面でも文字としてのかたちのバランスを損ねないよう、フトコロなどの空間を細かく調整しています。かなは漢字に比べてやや小ぶりに作られており、細いウエイトで長文を組むとほどよい抑揚が生まれます。 BIZ UD Gothic is a universal design typeface designed to be easy to read and ideal for education and business documentation. It is a highly legible and well-balanced design sans serif. In order to make the kanji more clear and identifiable, the letterforms are simplified by omitting hane (hook) and geta (the vertical lines extending beyond horizontal strokes at the bottom of kanji). Counters and other spaces are finely adjusted so that the overall balance of the type is not impaired even with the use in relatively large size. The kana are made slightly smaller than the kanji to give a good rhythm and flow when setting long texts in the lighter weights.

UDGothic includes full-width kana. UDPGothic includes proportional-width kana.

To contribute to the project, visit github.com/googlefonts/morisawa-biz-ud-gothic

To learn more, read Morisawa BIZ Universal Design (UD) Japaese fonts added to Google Fonts and Google Workspace.

Who Designed BIZ UDPGothic?

Morisawa Inc. portrait

Morisawa Inc.

Morisawa Inc. is Japan's leading font foundry that has never wavered from its commitment to undertaking research and development in typography since its invention of the first Japanese phototypesetting machine in 1924. The company provides font licenses for over 1,500 typefaces of Japanese and multi-script, web font services, embedded fonts, and multilingual e-magazine/book solution services.

morisawa.co.jp

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