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Tsim Sans is a simple modification on Source Han Sans that bakes the Alternative Proportional Width OpenType feature (palt) of the typeface into the default metrics. This project is designed for use cases where OpenType features is not an option due to technical limitations, yet still would prefer a proportional punctuations and Kana design.

OpenType palt OpenType

OpenType paltOpenType OpenType

Tsim Sans UI, based on Tsim Sans, added compressed Kana glyphs from Wlai Glow Sans. The UI variant of this typeface is designed for Japanese language use cases where the UI wasnt designed well for localization, and compromises from the string / typeface side is needed.

UI Compressed Windows UI

Meiryo UI Yu Gothic UI

21% of space is saved by converting from Source Han Sans to Tsim Sans UI.

Build

To build this project, you first need to get ready the following tools in your PATHS.

PATHS

PATHS

• otfcc (otfccbuild, otfccdump)
• aria2 (aria2c)
• Python 3 (python3)

Then run the following command to build the project.

python3 build.py

License

Font files are released in SIL Open Font License 1.1, build related code is released in MIT License.

SIL Open Font License 1.1 MIT License

SIL Open Font License 1.1 MIT License

• Wlai Glow Sans 2020 Project Wlai, released under SIL OFL 1.1.
• kana.tsv, extracted from GitHub.com/welai/glow-sans, released under MIT License.
• Source Han Sans Copyright 2014-2021 Adobe, released under SIL OFL 1.1.