ZCOOL Wenyi
ZCOOL Wenyiti
Type specimen
The specimen uses the official Google Fonts subset when available, otherwise a font installed on this device. If neither exists the browser falls back to a system font, so treat the official download page as authoritative.
About this font
The quietest voice in ZCOOL's charity family. Wenyi runs on a fine hard-pen skeleton: horizontals tilt up, verticals kick out at the foot, diagonals stretch like pencil sketches, tall faces sit high, and paragraphs gain the aloof air of travel journals and indie magazines. It covers the GB2312 set plus Latin, digits and punctuation in one slim, even weight - light and transparent at text sizes, though it turns frail on dark grounds and low-DPI screens. In layouts it carries mood, not function: a line of poetry on a café menu, handwritten subtitles in travel vlogs, the epigraph of an exhibition wall. It complements Happy Ti's thick cheerfulness, and designers often run both in one system.
Download detail: each ZCOOL series entry carries its own licence statement on the official series page - Wenyi's permits commercial use and bars resale. Third-party portals sometimes conflate it with a similar 'Wenyi Hei'; check the internal font name (ZhanKuWenYi) before trusting a file.
Where it works best
Fits culture-travel and guesthouse posters, bookshops and exhibitions, wedding stationery, slow-lifestyle brands, emotional short-video captions. Craft notes: keep web sizes above 14 px with 1.8 line-height or more; run single sentences, not paragraphs; for emphasis contrast with a regular-weight kai or a serif Latin - never fake bold, since it has none.
| Weights | 1 |
|---|---|
| First release | 2017 |
| Designed by | Shoshuke × ZCOOL charity project |
| Rights holder | ZCOOL |
| Scripts | Chinese |
| Licence | ZCOOL free ZCOOL Free Font Series Licence |
| Variable font | Not supported |
Licence and commercial boundaries
Licence:ZCOOL Free Font Series Licence
The shared terms of ZCOOL's charity series: free for society-wide commercial use, no application; never rename the font, never resell the files; copyright with ZCOOL and design credit with the creators. Other ZCOOL-hosted fonts are not free - only those named on the series page qualify.
ZCOOL free-series terms apply: individuals and companies may use it commercially; renaming and standalone file sales are prohibited; copyright and design-credit structure remain with ZCOOL and its creators.
Hard restrictions
- No renaming.
- No file resale.
- No bold - avoid faux-bold.
Official channels
- Go to official download → https://www.zcool.com.cn/special/zcoolfonts/
- Read the original licence → https://www.zcool.com.cn/special/zcoolfonts/
Last verified:2026-09-07
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