KUMIHANLANGUAGE & DESIGN
TYPOGRAPHY × PURPOSEFUL DESIGN
KUMIHAN is an open-source project that supports language-specific typesetting and the wider design of everything made with text. Across websites and documents, it refines information structure, typefaces, whitespace and reading flow, and rethinks the formulaic layouts and purposeless decoration so common in AI-generated work. Purposeful design for what you say—and how you say it.
CHOOSE YOUR LANGUAGE
Each language has its own writing and reading conventions. Explore the editions and their current development status.
KUMIHAN｜Measure
English typography that keeps region and house style apart, treats reading, interfaces and display differently, breaks lines by meaning, keeps quotes, dates and figures to the chosen style, and checks the measure in real output.
View the English editionKUMIHAN｜نضيد
Arabic typography that handles right-to-left text and mixed scripts while keeping the original intact.
View the Arabic editionKUMIHAN｜অক্ষরসজ্জা
Bangla typography and design with safe vowel signs, conjuncts, source fidelity and distinct bn-BD/bn-IN guidance.
View the Bangla editionKUMIHAN｜Soulad
Czech typography, in development from completed research, that treats háček, čárka and kroužek as part of the letter, keeps one-letter prepositions off the end of a line, tells 30 % from 30% sleva, and preserves the original text.
View the Czech editionKUMIHAN｜Samklang
Danish typography that treats æ, ø and å as letters in their own right, keeps Aa in names as written, keeps long compounds whole, lets each document choose one comma style, and separates text to be read from lettering seen as shape.
View the Danish editionKUMIHAN｜Satzbild
German typography with long compounds, quotation marks and distinct DE/AT/CH conventions, preserving the original.
View the German editionKUMIHAN｜Μέτρο
Greek typography that keeps meaningful tonos and dialytika, applies Greek rules to capitals, respects the Greek question mark and ano teleia, and balances Greek with Latin, while preserving the original text.
View the Greek editionKUMIHAN｜Grafía
Spanish typography that respects regional usage, preserves the source and separates verified evidence from editorial judgment.
View the Spanish editionKUMIHAN｜تراز
Persian typography that keeps right-to-left direction clear, preserves ZWNJ and isolates Latin URLs and version labels.
View the Persian editionKUMIHAN｜Rytmi
Finnish typography that keeps ä, ö and double letters as written, gives long compounds and case endings room, prefers compound boundaries when hyphenating, keeps ”…” quotes and 1 234,50 €, and treats reading and display text differently.
View the Finnish editionKUMIHAN｜Accord
French typography that distinguishes no-break spaces, quotation marks and regional or institutional house styles.
View the French editionKUMIHAN｜מקצב
Hebrew typography that keeps right-to-left text with embedded English and numbers in order, protects final letters, niqqud and Hebrew punctuation, and leaves gendered wording as written.
View the Hebrew editionKUMIHAN｜अक्षर-संगति
Hindi typography and design with source fidelity, conjuncts and matras.
View the Hindi editionKUMIHAN｜Arány
Hungarian typography, in development from completed research, that keeps ő and ű distinct from ö and ü, treats cs, sz and dzs as single letters, keeps line-end hyphenation apart from spelling, nests „…” and »…« quotes, and sizes each block by its role.
View the Hungarian editionKUMIHAN｜Laras
Indonesian typography that respects prepositions, affixes, reduplication, punctuation and rupiah values while keeping the source intact.
View the Indonesian editionKUMIHAN｜Equilibrio
Italian typography respecting accents, quotations and regional choices while preserving the original.
View the Italian editionKUMIHAN
From Japanese line-breaking rules (kinsoku) and natural line breaks to information structure, whitespace and reading flow.
View the Japanese editionKUMIHAN｜លំនឹង
Khmer typography protecting conjuncts, source text and purposeful line breaks.
View the Khmer editionKUMIHAN｜글짜임
Line breaks between eojeol (Korean spacing units), textual rhythm and information structure that communicates clearly.
View the Korean editionKUMIHAN｜Concinnitas
Latin typography, in development from completed research, that tells the Latin language from the Latin script, keeps I/J, U/V, æ/œ, macrons and abbreviations as the edition has them, links notes and translations to the text, and separates reading from display.
View the Latin editionKUMIHAN｜Jalin
Malay typography that keeps Malay distinct from Indonesian, respects Rumi affixes, compounds and reduplication, separates Malaysian, Singaporean and Bruneian usage and handles Jawi with care, while preserving the original text.
View the Malay editionKUMIHAN｜ဟန်ချက်
Burmese typography that keeps Unicode source text apart from Zawgyi, keeps kinzi, stacked consonants and vowel signs whole, breaks lines by phrase rather than by space, and chooses spoken or literary style by purpose.
View the Burmese editionKUMIHAN｜Zetwerk
Dutch typography that capitalizes IJ as a pair, keeps compounds whole, tells the trema from the hyphen and checks spelling changes at line breaks, keeping nl-NL and nl-BE distinct and the original text intact.
View the Dutch editionKUMIHAN｜Samklang
Norwegian typography that treats Bokmål and Nynorsk as equals, confirms the written standard before advising and never converts one into the other, keeps Æ, Ø, Å, accents and Aa in names as written, and separates reading text from expressive lettering.
View the Norwegian editionKUMIHAN｜Szyk
Polish typography with accurate diacritics, meaningful wrapping and source-preserving design.
View the Polish editionKUMIHAN｜Compasso
Portuguese typography and meaning-led design that respects Brazilian and European conventions and the author’s intent.
View the Portuguese editionKUMIHAN｜Лад
Russian typography that handles ё and й, quotation marks, dashes and line breaks in context while preserving the source.
View the Russian editionKUMIHAN｜विन्यास
Sanskrit typography that keeps language and script apart, treats reading, chanting and display differently, keeps conjuncts, vowel signs, IAST and accents intact, and judges size by measured width.
View the Sanskrit editionKUMIHAN｜Samspel
Swedish typography that keeps the rings and dots of å, ä and ö intact, never splits compounds with spaces, restores the third consonant when nattåg breaks as natt-tåg, uses ”…” quotes, and keeps sv-SE and sv-FI distinct.
View the Swedish editionKUMIHAN｜Mizani
Swahili typography protecting ng’, original wording and regional formatting choices.
View the Swahili editionKUMIHAN｜ดุลอักษร
Respecting Thai word boundaries and combining characters, for Thai design that reads naturally.
View the Thai editionKUMIHAN｜Tugma
Tagalog typography that keeps language and script apart, treats reading, display and UI text differently, keeps accents, ñ, hyphens and Taglish as written, and checks each font file for ₱.
View the Tagalog editionKUMIHAN｜Ahenk
Turkish typography that keeps İ/i and I/ı apart when changing case, judges suffix apostrophes by grammar, breaks words only at syllable boundaries and preserves the original text.
View the Turkish editionKUMIHAN｜Міра
Ukrainian typography that keeps ґ, є, і and ї apart from look-alike letters, preserves apostrophes and stress marks exactly as written, tags text as uk rather than ua, and checks real fonts for Ukrainian letters, while preserving the original text.
View the Ukrainian editionKUMIHAN｜Nhịp Chữ
Vietnamese typography that respects tone marks, meaningful line breaks and original content.
View the Vietnamese editionKUMIHAN｜字律
Punctuation, line breaks and mixed Chinese–Latin text for mainland China, without rewriting your source.
View the Simplified Chinese editionKUMIHAN｜字衡
Addresses the distinct punctuation and typesetting conventions of Taiwan and Hong Kong.
View the Traditional Chinese editionKUMIHAN｜Hlela
isiZulu typography that protects conjunctive words and internal capitals, keeping the source intact.
View the isiZulu editionOUR APPROACH
KUMIHAN deals with more than strings of text and line breaks. In any design where text carries information—web pages, articles, reports, slides—it considers structure, typefaces, whitespace and reading flow together.
The same hero, cards and calls to action every time; space filled with decoration for its own sake; track records shown without evidence. KUMIHAN includes creation and review rules for rethinking this kind of formulaic, AI-typical design. Rather than banning any particular look outright, it offers guidance for judging whether a design fits its content and purpose.