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Noto Sans CJK SC

brew install --cask font-noto-sans-cjk-sc v2.004

Google's open-source sans-serif font with comprehensive coverage for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other CJK scripts.

Why you might care

Noto Sans CJK SC provides unified, high-quality typography for Simplified Chinese text with extensive character coverage. It's free, open-source, and designed by Google Fonts to ensure consistent rendering across different scripts and languages, making it ideal for multilingual documents and applications.

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