LINE Seed
Shares rank 17 of 26 typefaces by recommenders
Free under the SIL Open Font License, with Latin, Japanese, Thai, Korean and Chinese support. Critics find the Roman design generic and unadventurous.
Free under the SIL Open Font License, with Latin, Japanese, Thai, Korean and Chinese support. Critics find the Roman design generic and unadventurous.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Roman design lacks adventure
“I wish the Roman design was more adventurous”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Seed. LINE's Custom Typeface” Faceless, generic appearance
“Me being harsh (I admit) on the aesthetics doesn't imply diminishing the actual utility of the font.”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Seed. LINE's Custom Typeface” “it's just yet another faceless and generic font like 100s of others”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Seed. LINE's Custom Typeface”
Other typefaces people recommend
The four most recommended other typefaces, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Times New Roman | 35 | 28 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
| Atkinson Hyperlegible | 23 | 2 | 92% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Shantell Sans | 19 | 1 | 95% | 2 | — | — |
| Calibri | 16 | 36 | 31% | 1 | — | — |
| LINE SeedThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This font actually has quite a bit of character.”
“Me being harsh (I admit) on the aesthetics doesn't imply diminishing the actual utility of the font.”
“single-storey `a` is my favorite!!”
“I wish the Roman design was more adventurous”
“One that supports Japanese, Thai, Korean and Chinese in addition to Latin.”
“yet another unlooped Thai typeface”
“it's just yet another faceless and generic font like 100s of others”
“The font looks decent, nice of them to have it under the SIL Open Font License.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.