Axismundi Korean Font Provider

Description

Axismundi Korean Font Provider supplies the Noto Sans KR and Noto Serif KR
web fonts and fills the Axismundi theme’s regional CJK fallback slot when the
current document root has a Korean language tag (ko or ko-*).

Two roles:

  • Provider. On activation the plugin enqueues @font-face rules (front end
    and block editor) for the two families. On a Korean document it sets the
    theme’s --axismundi-cjk-sans / --axismundi-cjk-serif slots. The fonts are
    scoped to Hangul, so Latin keeps rendering in Roboto Flex / Roboto Serif.
  • Font Library collection. The families are registered as the
    “Axismundi Korean Font Provider” collection, so they can be browsed,
    installed, and selected from Site Editor > Styles > Typography.

Without the plugin the Axismundi theme falls back to the operating system’s CJK
font. Separate regional plugins can fill the same slot for Japanese or Chinese
documents without competing in a fixed font-family list. The current Korean
WOFF2 files are Hangul subsets; Korean Hanja continues to use the system fallback.

This plugin bundles no tracking and contacts no external service.

Copyright

Axismundi Korean Font Provider, Copyright 2026 KIM JIWOON.
Plugin code is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or
later.

This plugin bundles the following third-party resources:

Fonts

The original font files were converted and subset to WOFF2 for Korean web-font
delivery.

Noto Sans KR
Copyright 2014-2021 Adobe, with Reserved Font Name “Source”.
License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
License URI: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Source: https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/main/ofl/notosanskr

Noto Serif KR
Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
License URI: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Source: https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/main/ofl/notoserifkr

The verbatim license text and conversion provenance are preserved under each
family directory in assets/fonts/. See NOTICE.txt.

Installation

  1. Install and activate the Axismundi theme.
  2. Upload and activate this plugin.
  3. Korean text now renders in Noto Sans KR / Noto Serif KR. Optionally manage the
    families under Appearance > Editor > Styles > Typography.

FAQ

Does it require the Axismundi theme?

Automatic fallback-slot integration requires Axismundi 0.1.3 or later. Other
themes can still select the registered Noto families explicitly from the Font
Library or reference their family names in CSS.

Does it change Latin text?

No. The @font-face rules are scoped to the Korean unicode range, so Latin and
numerals continue to use the theme’s primary family.

Which WordPress language setting selects the Korean fallback?

The public document language (<html lang>), normally derived from Site
Language, selects it. A multilingual plugin may set that language per request.
The logged-in user’s profile language translates wp-admin and does not select the
font used for published content.

Does this package include Korean Hanja?

No. The bundled WOFF2 files are deliberately limited to Hangul and Jamo. Shared
CJK ideographs fall through to the operating system font until a separate
regional Hanja subset is provided.

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Contributors & Developers

“Axismundi Korean Font Provider” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

0.1.3

  • Fill Axismundi’s locale-aware CJK fallback slot only for Korean documents, so
    other regional font plugins can coexist without a fixed family-order conflict.
  • Clarify that user-profile language controls admin UI translation, not the
    published document’s regional glyph forms.

0.1.2

  • Document the source URL, copyright, license, and license URL for each bundled
    Noto font family directly in readme.txt.

0.1.1

  • Prepare the package for WordPress.org Plugin Check by removing the hidden
    distribution manifest and publishing the bundled-font notice as NOTICE.txt.

0.1.0

  • Initial release: @font-face provider (front + editor) for Noto Sans KR and
    Noto Serif KR, plus a Font Library collection registration.