LXGW WenKai Mono TC

Monospace by LXGW #1467 on Google Fonts
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About LXGW WenKai Mono TC

LXGW WenKai Mono TC is a monospace typeface from the LXGW project that combines Traditional Chinese CJK characters with Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, and Lisu script support, making it a remarkably broad-coverage code and terminal font. Its design draws inspiration from the warm, handwriting-influenced style of Kaiti (regular script) Chinese calligraphy, giving it a more personal and less mechanical character than typical monospace fonts. The three-weight family suits coding environments, terminal emulators, and any display context where Traditional Chinese and Western scripts must coexist in fixed-width alignment.

Character Map

AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMm
NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",.<>?

Code Editor Preview

example.js 
const fibonacci = (n) => {
  if (n <= 1) return n;
  return fibonacci(n - 1) + fibonacci(n - 2);
};

// Generate first 10 numbers
const results = Array.from(
  { length: 10 },
  (_, i) => fibonacci(i)
);

console.log(`Result: ${results.join(', ')}`);

Character Disambiguation

Can you tell these apart? A good monospace font makes similar characters easy to distinguish.

Zero vs O 0 O o
One vs l vs I 1 l I | !
Quotes ' ' " " ` ´
Braces ( ) [ ] { } < >
Punctuation . , : ; .. ...

Weight Waterfall (3)

300 Light
400 Regular
700 Bold

How to Use

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=LXGW+WenKai+Mono+TC:wght@300;700;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=LXGW+WenKai+Mono+TC:wght@300;700;400&display=swap');
font-family: 'LXGW WenKai Mono TC', monospace;
brew install --cask font-lxgw-wenkai-mono-tc

Details

Category
Monospace
Weights
3
Italic
✗
Korean
✗
Designer
LXGW
License
OFL
Version
Popularity
#1467
Downloads
200

License Usage

Web useAllowed
PrintAllowed
Video / BroadcastAllowed
PackagingAllowed
App embeddingAllowed
Brand / LogoAllowed
ModificationAllowed

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

chinese-traditional cyrillic cyrillic-ext greek greek-ext latin latin-ext lisu vietnamese

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