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Free alternatives to Noto Sans CJK JP

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NSansJapaneseRegularLite70% match

NSansJapaneseRegularLite

Unknown designer, 1 styleFree for commercial use

Baka Sans SC70% match

Ryoko NISHIZUKA 西塚涼子 (kana, bopomofo & ideographs); Paul D. Hunt (Latin, Greek & Cyrillic); Sandoll Communications 산돌커뮤니케이션, Soo-young JANG 장수영 & Joo-yeon KANG 강주연 (hangul elements, letters & syllables), 2 stylesFree for commercial use

Noto Sans CJK TC70% match

Noto Sans CJK TC

Ryoko NISHIZUKA ____ (kana & ideographs); Paul D. Hunt (Latin, Greek & Cyrillic); Wenlong ZHANG ___ (bopomofo); Sandoll Communication ________, Soo-young JANG ___ & Joo-yeon KANG ___ (hangul elements, letters & syllables), 1 styleFree for commercial use

KaiGen Gothic CN70% match

KaiGen Gothic CN

Ryoko NISHIZUKA ____ (kana & ideographs); Paul D. Hunt (Latin, Greek & Cyrillic); Wenlong ZHANG ___ (bopomofo); Sandoll Communication ________, Soo-young JANG ___ & Joo-yeon KANG ___ (hangul elements, letters & syllables), 7 stylesFree for commercial use

Chocolate Classical Sans70% match

Chocolate Classical Sans

田海東、宇文滿月, 1 styleFree for commercial use

KaiGen Gothic HW CN70% match

KaiGen Gothic HW CN

Ryoko NISHIZUKA ____ (kana & ideographs); Paul D. Hunt (Latin, Greek & Cyrillic); Wenlong ZHANG ___ (bopomofo); Sandoll Communication ________, Soo-young JANG ___ & Joo-yeon KANG ___ (hangul elements, letters & syllables), 2 stylesFree for commercial use

NSansJapaneseRegular70% match

NSansJapaneseRegular

Unknown designer, 1 styleFree for commercial use

Unknown designer, 2 stylesFree for commercial use

NotoSansCJKSC-subset70% match

NotoSansCJKSC-subset

Unknown designer, 3 stylesFree for commercial use

Source Han Sans SC70% match

Source Han Sans SC

Unknown designer, 1 styleFree for commercial use

Harano Aji Gothic70% match

Harano Aji Gothic

Unknown designer, 7 stylesFree for commercial use

Tauhu Oo 20.0570% match

Source Han Sans: Ryoko NISHIZUKA ____ (kana & ideographs); Paul D. Hunt (Latin, Greek & Cyrillic); Wenlong ZHANG ___ (bopomofo); Sandoll Communication ________, Soo-young JANG ___ & Joo-yeon KANG ___ (hangul elements, letters & syllables). Tauhu Oo: TSNG Bing-gan ___., 1 styleFree for commercial use

Telling letters

The a, g, R, Q, 3 and & are where lookalikes usually give themselves away. Each alternative's CSS falls back to a system font resized to its measurements, so the page doesn't jump when the font loads. Host the font files yourself.

Telling letters of Noto Sans CJK JP and its free alternatives
Font	Letters	License
NSansJapaneseRegularLite	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
Baka Sans SC	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
Noto Sans CJK TC	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
KaiGen Gothic CN	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
Chocolate Classical Sans	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
KaiGen Gothic HW CN	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
NSansJapaneseRegular	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
Tao	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
NotoSansCJKSC-subset	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
Source Han Sans SC	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
Harano Aji Gothic	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License
Tauhu Oo 20.05	a g R Q 3 &	Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License