Nanum Gothic

Name: Nanum Gothic
Author: Sandoll Communication

Nanum Gothic delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Sandoll Communication90% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Ways to Use Nanum Gothic

Best Font Pairings for Nanum Gothic

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Nanum Gothic, including combinations with Fanwood, Montserrat and Literata Book.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Nanum Gothic with any font combination in real-time, optimized for sans serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

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Nanum Gothic Editorial Specimen

Nanum Gothic in Editorial Context

Nanum Gothic is a sans serif typeface by Sandoll Communication suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Nanum Gothic demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a sans serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Nanum Gothic supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Sandoll Communication, Nanum Gothic balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Nanum Gothic Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Nanum Gothic Specimen

Nanum Gothic

Nanum Gothic is a sans serif typeface by Sandoll Communication built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

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Nanum Gothic

NANUM GOTHIC

NANUM GOTHICTYPE

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Nanum Gothic— sans serif typeface

Nanum GothicBy Sandoll Communication

Nanum GothicTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Nanum Gothic Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Nanum Gothic for Paragraphs

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Nanum Gothic, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Nanum Gothic demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Nanum Gothic for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Nanum Gothic small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Nanum Gothic delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Nanum Gothic italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Nanum Gothic bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Nanum Gothic typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Nanum Gothic typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Nanum Gothic'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Nanum Gothic in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Nanum+Gothic:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Nanum+Gothic:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nanum+Gothic');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Nanum Gothic CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'nanum-gothic': ['Nanum Gothic', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-nanum-gothic">Your text here</p>

About

Nanum Gothic: A Closer Look

Sandoll Communication

Sans Serif

Open Source

Within the sans-serif typeface family, Nanum Gothic demonstrates Swiss precision and modernist clarity, making it well-suited for web content. Its no decorative strokes and geometric forms contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for digital interfaces and corporate branding, Nanum Gothic adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Nanum Gothic is a contemporary sans-serif typeface known for its clean and legible design, primarily....

Nanum Gothic was created by Sandoll Communication. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Nanum Gothic features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications.

Nanum Gothic is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Nanum Gothic

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Nanum Gothic

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Nanum Gothic's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Nanum Gothic within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 90). Nanum Gothic maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

Design Heritage

Designed by Sandoll Communication. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Nanum Gothic

Nanum Gothic is classified as a Lineal typeface, rooted in the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications. TypeSmith features Nanum Gothic in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Nanum Gothic

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Alternatives to Nanum Gothic

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Nanum Gothic based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Nanum Gothic

Nanum Gothic scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

How Legible is Nanum Gothic?

Nanum Gothic draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Nanum Gothic's Readability

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Nanum Gothic for Long-Form Content

Nanum Gothic provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Nanum Gothic Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Nanum Gothic. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Nanum Gothic at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Best Practices for Using Nanum Gothic

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Nanum Gothic. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Nanum Gothic in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

International Character Support

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

Nanum Gothic is a contemporary sans-serif typeface known for its clean and legible design, primarily supporting the Korean language, including all Hangul characters and syllables. It also provides extensive support for Latin-based languages, covering a wide range of Western characters and symbols.

Legal

Usage Rights for Nanum Gothic

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Nanum Gothic is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Nanum Gothic ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'nanum-gothic': ['Nanum Gothic', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-nanum-gothic">Your text here</p>

Nanum Gothic

Best Ways to Use Nanum Gothic

Best Font Pairings for Nanum Gothic

Test Nanum Gothic Font Pairings Live

In Context

Nanum Gothic Typography

Nanum Gothic

Character Set

Type Scale

Nanum Gothic for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Features of Nanum Gothic

How Legible is Nanum Gothic?

Nanum Gothic's Readability

Nanum Gothic for Long-Form Content

Nanum Gothic Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Nanum Gothic

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Nanum Gothic

Best Ways to Use Nanum Gothic

Best Font Pairings for Nanum Gothic

Test Nanum Gothic Font Pairings Live

In Context

Nanum Gothic Typography

Nanum Gothic

Character Set

Type Scale

Nanum Gothic for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Features of Nanum Gothic

How Legible is Nanum Gothic?

Nanum Gothic's Readability

Nanum Gothic for Long-Form Content

Nanum Gothic Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Nanum Gothic

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference