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MBC 1961

Free for commercial useDisplay1 weightHangul KS X 1001 (2,350 syllables)

By MBC (문화방송) · Weights 400

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MBC 1961 preview · 1 weights

택배가 도착하면 문 앞에 놓아 달라고 부탁했다

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Cyrillic 66Съешь ещё этих мягких французских булок
Greek 48Ξεσκεπάζω την ψυχοφθόρα βδελυγμία

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License verdicts

Free for commercial use; modification allowed; redistribution allowed; attribution not stated; 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△RecommendedWhether credit to the rights holder is required
Paid resale✕Not allowedSelling the font itself
Web embedding✓Allowed@font-face / app embedding

License summary

Free distribution by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), with the full SIL OFL license text included — free for individuals and companies, and may be modified, redistributed, bundled, and used for commercial and non-commercial purposes on the condition that the copyright notice and license are included. Selling the font itself for a fee is prohibited. Credit to the source is recommended. A display typeface commemorating the company's 60th anniversary. Based on the official page.

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)

문화방송(MBC) 무료 배포, SIL OFL 라이선스 전문 게재 — 개인·기업 무료, 저작권 안내·라이선스 포함 조건으로 수정·재배포·번들 및 영리·비영리 이용 가능. 폰트 자체 유료 판매 금지. 출처 표기 권장. 창사 60주년 제목용 서체. 공식 페이지 기준.

Glyph coverage measured from the font file

Unicode blockEncodedNote
Hangul syllables2,36411,172 = full Unicode block; 2,350 = KS X 1001 set
Hangul compatibility jamo93consonants and vowels
Basic Latin94A-Z, digits, punctuation
Latin-1 supplement31accented Western European letters
Latin Extended-A18Central/Eastern European letters
Greek48
Cyrillic66
Hiragana83Japanese
Katakana86Japanese
General punctuation12dashes, quotes, middle dot

Total encoded code points: 12,249 · Hangul set: KS X 1001 (2,350 syllables).

Technical metrics

Weights
400
File size (representative)
544 KB
Units per em
1000
x-height / cap-height (per em)
0.512 / 0.512

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