LXGW WenKai Lite

LXGW / Fontworks Inc. · A lightweight Chinese typeface family with proportional and monospaced styles in Light, Regular, and Medium weights.

CaskFontsApple silicon · Intel
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs5
1-year installs59Last 365 days
Latest version1.5302 days ago · Oct 17
Download size52MBarm64 / x86_64 · zip
Release cadenceIrregular1 release in 30 days
  1. 1.530

    LatestOct 17 · Sat

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Oct 17 18:54

    Adjusts existing Chinese glyphs and adds characters and variation sequences introduced in Unicode 18.0. Adds dice and mahjong symbols, additional Latin combinations, and the fwid feature for selected full-width characters. Repositions and resizes the LXGW logo glyph. The exact glyph lists and variant-specific changes are documented in this font's official 1.530 release.

    Adjusts existing Chinese glyphs and adds characters and variation sequences introduced in Unicode 18.0. Adds dice and mahjong symbols, additional Latin combinations, and the fwid feature for selected full-width characters. Repositions and resizes the LXGW logo glyph. The exact glyph lists and variant-specific changes are documented in this font's official 1.530 release.

    Official source

  2. 1.522

    Mar 17 · Tue

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Mar 17 16:15

    This release adjusts and adds glyphs, updates punctuation features and metrics, and revises several symbol designs.

    Glyphs
    Adjusts numerous Han characters and adds new Han characters.Adjusts and adds superscript and subscript letters.Revises radicals, symbols, and selected Light-weight glyphs.
    Features
    Adds chws and vchw for font-level punctuation compression.Adds a dash-connection feature; removes dlig from the monospaced version.Adjusts vertical metrics to address excessive vertical line spacing.
    Other
    Matches the width of U+2212 to U+002B; revises several symbols.Sets monospaced U+2E3A and U+2E3B to 1 EM with width labels.Adds Unicode variation sequences for centered punctuation.
  3. 1.521

    Oct 10, 2025 · Fri

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Oct 10, 2025 16:02

    Updates Chinese glyphs and regional forms, adds Unicode 17.0 characters and symbols, and adjusts selected mappings, widths, and Latin and Greek glyphs.

    Glyphs
    Revises many Chinese characters and Kangxi radicals.Adds Unicode 17.0 Han characters and the Saudi riyal symbol.Adds Han characters and small kana; removes two Han characters.Fixes the erroneous mapping of 𧗩 to U+275EA.Adjusts Greek alpha, ƾ, and selected Latin glyphs.Changes enclosed digits to Ysabeau Office style; adjusts symbol widths.