# Naver Nanum Gothic Coding Font

**Translated from the original README.md using Google Translate**

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## Font Introduction and Distribution Background

Nanum Gothic Coding is a font optimized for developers' coding environments, based on Nanum Gothic, which was released on October 9, 2008. When developers create programs, the process of editing source code is almost always essential; however, it is very common for even a single incorrect character to cause the program to behave completely differently or even generate errors. While most errors are caused by the program itself being written incorrectly, many also occur due to characters that are not easily distinguishable to the naked eye on the source code editing screen.

For example, the uppercase letter I, the lowercase letter l, and the number 1 often look very similar depending on the font. However, this Nanum Gothic Coding font is designed so that these potentially confusing characters can all be easily distinguished visually, thereby minimizing confusion for developers. Additionally, it features a fixed-width design for all characters, ensuring that the font can be used without issues in various editor programs and terminal applications used by developers.

### Design

Nanum Gothic Coding for developers is an optimized font that improves upon Nanum Gothic to make development work more convenient for developers. As a fixed-width format, it enhances readability in various editors and terminals for source code editing, and minimizes unwanted coding errors by clearly distinguishing easily confused characters such as the uppercase I, lowercase l, the number 1, the number 0, the uppercase O, and the lowercase o.

Based on the soft, rounded style of Nanum Gothic, this font features a form that captures Korean aesthetics and modern sensibilities. By applying a design that best highlights the characteristics of each character within the limited fixed-width area, the functional features of a coding font have been maximized. The font is available in two weights: Regular and Bold.

In addition, ClearType Manual Hinting has been applied to achieve a clear and clean appearance even in the monitor environments primarily used by developers.

### Supported languages

Designs are provided for Korean, English, and Japanese characters, but Chinese characters are not included. (If Chinese characters need to be displayed, they will be replaced with another font.) 31 control characters are included.

### License

Anyone can use it and redistribute it under the OFL license.

By adopting the internationally recognized Open Font License (OPL), restrictions on use have been removed, and restrictions on redistribution have been drastically eased. As long as this license is specified, it is permitted to include and redistribute this developer's Nanum Gothic Coding font in other programs (including commercial programs).

For more details refer the LICENSE.md 