Ask HN: Best free/cheap Japanese Mincho (serif) fonts for paper and web

3 pointsDracophoenix1 comment

I like the look of Adobe's Ten Mincho and its consistency with Garamondesuqe Latin characters, but I dislike the fact that the font is exclusive to TypeKit. Source Han Serif seems quite thin in comparison but takes up more horizontal space at the same size.

Any other alternatives, even if it means buying them out right?

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Here are a few open-source Mincho fonts that might interest you.

https://github.com/googlefonts/zen-oldmincho

https://github.com/fontdasu/ShipporiMincho

https://github.com/googlefonts/morisawa-biz-ud-mincho

https://github.com/satsuyako/Hina-Mincho

https://github.com/cjkvi/HanaMinAFDKO

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