font-noto-serif-hentaigana ☆

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Type: Cask | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @googlefonts | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Fonts

Tags: fonts japanese typography historical serif google-noto

Install: brew install --cask font-noto-serif-hentaigana

About:
Noto Serif Hentaigana is a specialized font family designed to support Japanese historical text, specifically hentaigana (variant kana characters). It provides comprehensive glyph coverage for academic and archival work involving Edo-period documents. The font ensures high-quality rendering for both digital and print media.

Key Features:

Supports historical Japanese hentaigana characters
High-quality serif design for readability
Part of the comprehensive Google Noto font family
Open source and freely available

Use Cases:

Digital archival of historical Japanese documents
Academic research and publishing on Edo-period literature
Typography projects requiring historical kana support

Alternatives:

font-noto-serif-jp – Standard Noto Serif JP lacks hentaigana character support
font-hiragino – System font for modern Japanese, does not include historical variants

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