LINE Seed is a custom-designed font created by LY Corp, tailored for global communication across various languages, including English, Japanese, Korean, and Thai. This font family is designed to convey a consistent tone and message, embodying the friendly and approachable identity of the LINE brand.
LINE Seed is characterized by its simple, geometric design with rounded edges, ensuring readability and aesthetic appeal across different platforms and devices. The font is available in four weights: Thin, Regular, Bold, and ExtraBold, maintaining a consistent visual identity across different typography uses.
The font supports multiple languages, with a focus on balancing the size and weight of characters to ensure seamless integration of different scripts within the same text. Notably, the Japanese version, LINE Seed JP, includes a comprehensive character set with 9,354 glyphs, making it suitable for use in various contexts, including documents that mix Japanese and other languages.
LINE Seed is released under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1, allowing for both personal and commercial use. Users are encouraged to include attribution in their products or services, although this is not mandatory. The font's licensing terms are designed to facilitate widespread adoption while protecting the intellectual property rights of LY Corp.
The font files are available for download from the official LINE Seed website. Users can choose from various formats suitable for different applications, including desktop use and web deployment. Installation instructions are provided to help users integrate the font into their systems and projects.