Author's note

DF Yuan Light 1B by DynaLab, is a free Chinese display font with a calm, rounded-line voice. The letters balance broad horizontal strokes with softly curved corners and open spacing, giving the font a neat signboard feel that lands somewhere between modernist geometry and everyday brush-inspired Chinese lettering.

It fits naturally in packaging, shop graphics, posters, magazine cover lines, and title cards where a lighter Chinese texture feels more human than hard-edged sans forms. As a free font, it also suits short headings, logo studies, and monogram-like marks because the strokes stay simple while the rounded turns give the characters a gentle rhythm.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(c) Copyright DynaLab Inc. 1993
Font family
DFYuanLight1B
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
DFYuanLight1B
Full font name
DFYuanLight1B
Name table version
10 July, 1993: 1.00, initial release
Postscript font name
DFYuanLight1B
Trademark notice
Trademark by DynaLab Inc.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1993-07-01
Revision1
Glyph count257
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
DFYL1B.TTF
DFYB1B.TTF