Gowun Batang(고운바탕) is a serif text typeface inspired by neat, pencil-written handwriting letterforms. Gowun means ‘neat and delicate’ in Korean and this typeface has a warm and friendly impression. Batang is the style name for serif Hangeul text typeface.
It is designed especially for Hangeul typography, but it also includes Latin alphabet as a part of KS X 1001. This typeface has a regular and a bold weight.
Gowun Batang(고운바탕) is a revised name of 'Gowun Hangeul-Batang(고운한글바탕)' which was released in 2010. It consists of a full set of modern Hangeul syllables(11,172 characters), Google Latin plus set, and punctuations and symbols in KS X 1001. This typeface has a regular and a bold weight.
- Gowun Batang-Regular was released in 2010.
- Gowun Batang-Bold was released in 2016.
- The Latin alphabet is redesigned for Ver.2.0 in 2020.
- The full set of modern Hangeul syllables(11,172 characters) is completed by adding 8822 Hangeul syllables in 2020.
- There is a sibling family, Gowun Dodum(고운돋움).
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