Ume fonts

Free Japanese Gothic/Mincho Fonts

Description

This package contains fonts published by Wataru Horai. It contains Gothic and Mincho styles in 18 variants total (Ume Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume P Gothic Original, O5, C4, C5, S4, S5; Ume UI Gothic Original, O5; Ume Mincho Original, S3; Ume P Mincho Original, S3). In addition to Latin, Greek and Cyrilics scripts it provides Hiragana, Katakana and CJK. These fonts are suitable for easy on-screen legibility.

Characteristics

Homepage	Format & features	License	Review reference	Koji page	pkgdb page
https://osdn.jp/projects/ume-font/	TTF	umefont	1301144	horai-ume-fonts	horai-ume-fonts

Style					Faces					Scripts
Sans		Serif		Other	R	B	I	BI	Other	Latin	Greek	Cyrillic	Other
Variable	Monospace	Variable	Monospace
✘	✘	✘	✘		✘					✘	✘	✘	413

Caveats

1. It has its own license so it must be reviewed by legal.

=> "Copyright only" chosen as substitution:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/VEPUXYCFJG6XSLPJHDBDH5NUXSWAEH2I/

Additional information

One of these fonts is used in ufo-ai which bundles it in its data package. Providing this fontpackage allows unbundling it. These fonts are packaged in Debian as fonts-horai-umefont.

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