LXGW Neo ZhiSong
落霞孤鹜 (LXGW) · A Chinese serif font with mainland Chinese forms, broad CJK character coverage, and specialized symbols.
LXGW Neo ZhiSong is a font you can install on a Mac.
About
LXGW Neo ZhiSong is a Chinese serif typeface derived from IPAex Mincho and IPAmj Mincho. It adapts Japanese-derived glyph forms toward mainland Chinese standards and uses a G-style design approach.
- The project describes a repertoire of about 22,000 characters, including CJK Unified Ideographs in the Basic block and selected characters from Extensions A–I. This cask installs the regular LXGW Neo ZhiSong font file, not the separate Plus variant.
- It includes redesigned Greek and Cyrillic letters, Latin support for Vietnamese, and symbols such as I Ching trigrams and hexagrams, mahjong and Chinese chess symbols, and Suzhou numerals.
- Unicode Variation Sequences can be used to select punctuation width and positioning.
- The project describes the font as a single-weight design; it does not provide multiple weights in this variant.
Install with brew install --cask font-lxgw-neozhisong. Then select LXGW Neo ZhiSong from the font menu in an application that supports installed fonts; this package installs a font, not an application. The project is in stable maintenance, with ongoing work focused on serious defects, necessary Unicode additions, and name or metadata changes. Its stated license is IPA Font License 1.0; review its terms, particularly for embedding or redistributing font files.
New What’s new in 1.067 Aug 20 · OpenNavo editorial
- FontAdded the characters 𤒹 and 𫛪.
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/LxgwNeoZhiSong/releases/download/v1.067/LXGWNeoZhiSong.ttf
SHA-256 only checks that the download is complete; it is not a security certification. See the SHA-256 and download address
$ brew uninstall --cask \font-lxgw-neozhisongA regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.
Facts and sources
- Version 1.067
- Recorded by Homebrew on Aug 20Released by the vendor on Aug 20
Questions
Is LXGW Neo ZhiSong safe?
LXGW Neo ZhiSong 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 7 times through Homebrew in the last 30 days.
How do I completely uninstall LXGW Neo ZhiSong on a Mac?
Run brew uninstall --cask font-lxgw-neozhisong.
What is the latest version of LXGW Neo ZhiSong?
The latest version is 1.067, added to Homebrew on Aug 20. Run brew upgrade --cask font-lxgw-neozhisong to update it.