Sans font generator
Use the free Noto Sans JP font to SVG converter for Japanese and Latin lettering in bilingual labels, signs, and short product graphics. Edit the text below and export it as SVG paths or DXF with Noto Sans JP already selected.
Fine-tune export units, fill behavior, and stroke output.
Font specimen東京 DESIGN / 700
Get to know the typeface
Noto Sans JP brings Japanese and Latin lettering into the same horizontal text composition. It suits product labels, wayfinding graphics, and short bilingual headings that must retain their shapes across a design handoff. Check the exact wording in the loaded font before export. Dense kanji and full-width punctuation need more space than a simple Latin sample suggests, especially at small physical sizes.
Inspect the most complex kanji, enclosed components, kana, and punctuation in the actual line. Compare Japanese characters with adjacent Latin letters and digits, because a shared nominal size does not guarantee equal visual weight. Check for missing-glyph boxes and clipping above or below the main shapes. Keep enough line height when a bilingual label uses more than one row.
Same text · same scale
The same Japanese and Latin line is outlined at 400 and 700. Look at the density inside 東京 and the balance of kana and numerals. The different widths show why a weight change deserves a fresh fit check.
For this sample, Noto Sans JP · 400 uses 1.7% less line width than Noto Sans JP · 700.
Both samples were generated from the built-in font catalog at 72 px, with kerning and standard ligatures on, zero added tracking, and no stroke. They share a coordinate scale and baseline; on small screens both shrink by the same factor. Width is the laid-out advance, including character spacing, rather than the visible outline bounds. Results apply to these font files and this text; equal weight numbers do not imply equal visual darkness. This is a layout comparison, not a readability score or a manufacturing test.
Use these as visual starting points and check your actual wording at its final size. Production limits depend on the process, material, and tool; the comparison above is not a material test.
When converting the Noto Sans JP font to SVG, start at 500 for a compact label and 700 for a heading. Increase size before selecting a much heavier cut if the inner spaces of a complex character are closing. Keep global tracking modest and judge both Japanese and Latin sections. Use explicit horizontal line breaks for a fixed composition; this generator does not turn the text into a vertical Japanese layout.
SVG serves design and web graphics, DXF serves compatible CAD workflows, and JSX or TSX provides outlined React components. Choose the format your destination supports.
For a Japanese label, check the complete kanji, kana, Latin, and numeral sequence. Compare 400 and 700 in the same physical space. Use a horizontal composition here; a stacked line is not a substitute for Japanese vertical typesetting.
For a mixed-script sign, use a dense kanji and the smallest Latin numeral in the material sample. Inspect narrow interior spaces after choosing the weight. Through-cut work needs a support plan for each enclosed region, not just the Latin letters.
Check every Japanese character, Latin letter, and punctuation mark for missing glyphs. Compare 500 and 700 at the final size. For fabrication, measure the smallest gap in the most complex character and decide which enclosed pieces need support before producing a sample.
