Noto Sans JP

Sans Serif humanist-sans by Google #4 on Google Fonts
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About Noto Sans JP

Part of Google's sprawling Noto project, this typeface delivers comprehensive Japanese coverage — hiragana, katakana, kanji, and Latin — within a consistent humanist design system intended to eliminate 'tofu' (missing character boxes). With 9 weights and a variable weight axis, it scales beautifully from body text to display sizes. Cyrillic and Vietnamese are also supported, enabling seamless multilingual documents mixing Japanese and European scripts.

Character Map

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

Weight Waterfall (9)

100 Thin
200 ExtraLight
300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
600 SemiBold
700 Bold
800 ExtraBold
900 Black

How to Use

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Sans+JP:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Sans+JP:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap');
font-family: 'Noto Sans JP', sans-serif;
brew install --cask font-noto-sans-jp

Details

Category
Sans Serif
Style
humanist-sans
Weights
9
Italic
✗
Korean
✗
Designer
Google
License
OFL
Version
Popularity
#4
Downloads
567

License Usage

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

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

cyrillic japanese latin latin-ext vietnamese

Best For

body_text web_apps ui_elements technical_docs

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Noto Sans JP font free for commercial use?

Yes — Noto Sans JP is an open-source font, free to use in personal and commercial projects.

What type of typeface is Noto Sans JP?

Noto Sans JP is a Sans Serif typeface. It is offered as a variable font.

What does Noto Sans JP support?

Noto Sans JP primarily supports japanese text.