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About Noto Sans Yi Font
Noto Sans Yi is an unmodulated (“sans serif”) design for texts in the East Asian Yi script. Noto Sans Yi contains 1,251 glyphs, and supports 1,250 characters from 4 Unicode blocks: Yi Syllables, Yi Radicals, CJK Symbols and Punctuation, Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms. Supported writing systems Yi Yi (Modern Yi, ꆈꌠꁱꂷ ) is an East Asian logo-syllabary, written horizontally left-to-right (modern) or vertically right-to-left (traditional). Used for the Nuosu Yi language (2 million users) in the Liangshan Yi region of China. Yi signs are made from five basic strokes; dot, horizontal line, vertical line, arch and circle. Attested 500 years ago, believed to be use for perhaps even 5000 years. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping). Read more on ScriptSource , Unicode , Wikipedia , Wiktionary , r12a .
Style & Use Cases
- Overall Style
- Clean, Modern, Sans Serif
- Use Case
- Body Text, UI
- Ideal For
- branding, interfaces, and modern layouts
- Pairs With
- a contrasting serif for headings
Noto Sans Yi Specifications
| Font Family | Noto Sans Yi |
| Style | Regular |
| Full Name | Noto Sans Yi Regular |
| Version | 2.002 |
| Weight | 400 (Regular) |
| Glyph Count | 1591 glyphs |
| PostScript Name | NotoSansYi-Regular |
| Designer | Monotype Design Team |
| Format | TTF (TrueType) |
| File Size | 323.6 KB |
OpenType Features
Noto Sans Yi ships with 1 OpenType feature you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).
- Ordinals
Languages Supported
Noto Sans Yi supports 284 languages.
How to Install Noto Sans Yi Font
Step-by-step instructions for every platform
- 1Download the Noto Sans Yi font file (.ttf or .otf).
- 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
- 3Right-click the font file.
- 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
- 5Noto Sans Yi is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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Noto Sans Yi Font is a versatile sans-serif font that works for both headings and body text. Pair it with a contrasting serif or slab serif font to add visual interest and a clear distinction between titles and body copy.
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Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated July 2026



















