Zen Kaku Gothic Antique

Designed by Yoshimichi Ohira

5 weights • Version 18 • On Google Fonts since 2021 • Popularity #480

Quick Summary

5

Styles

300-900

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

4

Languages / Subsets

Category
sans-serif
Best for
text
Scripts
Cyrillic, Japanese, Latin
Origin
United States
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 5, 2025

© 2022 The Zen Project Authors

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About Zen Kaku Gothic Antique Fonts

Zen Kaku Gothic New is a contemporary Japanese gothic (san serif) typeface family. With this font, you can express fine typesetting without any professional detailed arrangements. Because of the unique yet simple design, it gives naturally high legibility. Easy to use and read.

Zen Kaku Gothic Antique is a classical yet simple and stylish version. Highly legible due to orthodox letterform design, and great for various usage, from title to text, and even captions.

To contribute to the project, visit github.com/googlefonts/zen-kakugothic

Zen Kaku Gothic New はベーシックな日本語のサンセリフ(ゴシック体)ファミリーです。 この書体を用いれば、特に専門家のような細かい作業をしなくても、高品位な文字組を実現することができます。 独自のシンプルなデザインが自然な読みやすさをもたらします。 使いやすく読みやすい書体です。

Zen Kaku Gothic Antique は古典的で、しかもシンプルで洒落たサンセリフ書体のファミリーです。 文字のデザインがオーソドックスで、きわめて判読しやすい書体です。 タイトルから本文、キャプションまで、さまざまな用途で効果的にご利用いただけます。

このプロジェクトに参加して貢献したい方は、次の URL をご参照ください github.com/googlefonts/zen-kakugothic

To learn more, read Say Hello to our big new Japanese collection with Zen Fonts(English), The Story of Zen Fonts - interview with Yoshimichi Ohira(English), Zenフォント: 新しい日本語フォントコレクションの登場 - 日本語フォントの複雑な美しさについて -(Japanese), and Zenフォントのおはなし:大平善道さんとのインタビュー(Japanese).

Who Designed Zen Kaku Gothic Antique?

Yoshimichi Ohira portrait

Yoshimichi Ohira

Yoshimichi Ohira started working on type design after several years of typesetting. He has created 23 Japanese fonts plus 3 Latin fonts. Popular works include "Zen Old Mincho N Family," in which he pursued traditional beauty of Japanese characters. Aside from type designing, Ohira also works on metal stamps with letters of his original design.

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