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LXGW Bright

LXGW / Christian Thalmann (Catharsis Fonts) / Fontworks Inc. · A Chinese-Western typeface combining LXGW WenKai and Ysabeau Office, with Light, Regular, Medium, and italic styles.

CaskFontsApple silicon · Intel
Homepage
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs4
1-year installs114Last 365 days
Latest version5.528Mar 23 · Mar 23
Download size32MBarm64 / x86_64 · 7z
Release cadenceIrregular0 releases in 30 days

LXGW Bright is a font you can install on a Mac.

About

LXGW Bright is a typeface combining the LXGW WenKai and Ysabeau families. The Homebrew cask installs the LXGW Bright variant, which uses the half-GB glyph style of LXGW WenKai Lite and pairs it with Ysabeau Office for Western characters. The project notes that this typeface is not intended for vertical typesetting.

The installed files provide these styles:

  • Light, Regular, and Medium weights, plus Italic versions of each.
  • TrueType font files (.ttf).

Install with brew install --cask font-lxgw-bright. After installation, select LXGW Bright or the desired installed style in a compatible application’s font settings; installing the font does not install an app. The cask installs these six files: LXGWBright-Italic.ttf, LXGWBright-Light.ttf, LXGWBright-LightItalic.ttf, LXGWBright-Medium.ttf, LXGWBright-MediumItalic.ttf, and LXGWBright-Regular.ttf.

The project describes the font as released under SIL Open Font License 1.1. The GB and TC variants are separate project variants and are not the files installed by this cask.

Sources: LXGW Bright project · Project README

New What’s new in 5.528 Mar 23 · OpenNavo editorial

  • FontsFollows LXGW WenKai Lite v1.522.
See all 7 releases

Install and uninstall

Homebrew installs the font in ~/Library/Fonts, where Font Book can use it.

Install without Homebrew

Download the same file Homebrew uses: github.com/lxgw/LxgwBright/releases/download/v5.528/LXGWBright.7z

SHA-256 only checks that the download is complete; it is not a security certification. See the SHA-256 and download address

Uninstall command
$ brew uninstall --cask \font-lxgw-bright

A regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.

Facts and sources

Version 5.528
Recorded by Homebrew on Mar 23Released by the vendor on Mar 23

Questions

Is LXGW Bright safe?

LXGW Bright is in Homebrew’s official catalog and has not been disabled. Since September 2026, Homebrew disables apps that fail macOS Gatekeeper checks. When installing, Homebrew checks the download from github.com against its SHA-256 checksum. It was installed 4 times through Homebrew in the last 30 days.

How do I completely uninstall LXGW Bright on a Mac?

Run brew uninstall --cask font-lxgw-bright.

What is the latest version of LXGW Bright?

The latest version is 5.528, added to Homebrew on Mar 23. Run brew upgrade --cask font-lxgw-bright to update it.