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Gaegu

개구쟁이

Free for commercial useHandwriting3 weightsHangul KS X 1001 (2,350 syllables)

By Inyeop Kim (김인엽) · Weights 300 · 400 · 700

Official page / download Korean page (full detail)Markdown

Gaegu preview · 3 weights

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Live webfont served from designnews.kr's own server · static image /preview-samples/gaegu.png

Use on the web official CDN, no self-hosting needed

Load the distributor's stylesheet and set the font-family in CSS.

HTML — add to <head>

<link rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Gaegu:wght@300;400;700&display=swap">

CSS

font-family: "Gaegu", -apple-system, sans-serif;

Official distributor CDN. Version and path may change per the distributor's notice.

License verdicts

Free for commercial use; modification allowed; redistribution allowed; no attribution required; the font itself may not be sold; web embedding allowed. Verdicts are designnews.kr's reading of the distributor's license text (Korean summary below); check the official page before use.

UseVerdictMeaning
Commercial use✓AllowedUse in paid work, products, ads, brands
Modification✓AllowedEditing glyphs, subsetting, derivative fonts
Redistribution✓AllowedSharing or bundling the font files
Attribution✓Not requiredWhether credit to the rights holder is required
Paid resale✕Not allowedSelling the font itself
Web embedding✓Allowed@font-face / app embedding

License summary

SIL Open Font License 1.1 — free for commercial use, modification, redistribution, and embedding. Selling the font itself is prohibited.

English translation of designnews.kr's Korean license record, which was verified against the distributor's own license text. The verdict table above is the structured reading of that record; check the official page before use.

Korean original (verified record)

SIL Open Font License 1.1 — 상업적 이용·수정·재배포·임베드 자유. 폰트 자체 판매는 금지.

Glyph coverage measured from the font file

Unicode blockEncodedNote
Hangul syllables2,35011,172 = full Unicode block; 2,350 = KS X 1001 set
Hangul compatibility jamo51consonants and vowels
Basic Latin93A-Z, digits, punctuation
General punctuation4dashes, quotes, middle dot

Total encoded code points: 2,593 · Hangul set: KS X 1001 (2,350 syllables).

Technical metrics

Weights
300–700 (3)
File size (representative)
3,092 KB
Units per em
1000
x-height / cap-height (per em)
0.34 / 0.525

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Recommended pairings score = designnews.kr pairing model, 0–100

Data: font name, weights and glyph coverage are extracted from the font file; license verdicts are recorded from the distributor's own license text. Corrections: contact (include the primary-source URL).