Safe Font Released for the Hearing Impaired
Government Unveils 'Hanbitche' Font on Korean Sign Language Day
Font Designed with a Friendly and Comfortable Image
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Copyright Commission announced on the 2nd that they will release 'Hanbitche' in celebration of Korean Sign Language Day (the 3rd). It is a safe font designed to be easier and more comfortable for the hearing impaired to read. It will be distributed for free through the Gongu Madang Safe Font File Collection, Hangul Office, Sandol Cloud, and other platforms.
'Hanbit' is a pure Korean word meaning a bright light that leads the world. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism created the font forms of Hangul, English, special characters (KS symbols), and sign language dingbats (codes or symbols devised to be used with fonts) with a familiar and comfortable image, in line with the purpose. They also put great effort into enhancing usability by adding ordinal dingbats to the existing sign language dingbats.
The Ministry will use 'Hanbitche' for the first time in the opening video and subtitle of the theme video at the 4th Korean Sign Language Day ceremony held on the 2nd. Jeong Hyang-mi, Director of the Copyright Bureau at the Ministry, said, "It is expected to be used by various public institutions such as the Korean Film Council’s support project for Hangul subtitles, audio description production, and screening," adding, "We hope it will contribute to spreading a culture of sharing and expanding the diversity of Hangul typefaces."
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Since 2017, the Ministry and the Copyright Commission have been producing highly usable handwritten Hangul font files and distributing them for free to prevent disputes related to font copyrights and to promote a culture of sharing. These include Eunyeongche (2017), Dodamdodamche (2018), Mureokmureokche (2019), Chassaemche (2020), Jeongbeomche (2021), and Ganpanche (2022). They have also created fonts based on the handwriting of notable figures such as Kim Hoonche (2017), Park Kyung-ri-che (2018), Ahn Jung-geun-che (2019), Im Kwon-taek-che (2020), Kim Whanki-che (2021), Son Ki-jeong-che (2022), and Ahn Chang-ho-che (2023).
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