Sandoll was first established in 1984, as the first Korean Font Foundry. As Sandoll removed the barriers of expression in Hangeul because of the language difference, it is creating the world where everyone can freely express anything.

History
of Sandoll

2024

Nov.
Establishment of the Sandoll Volunteer Group
Oct.
Held the 2nd [Sandoll SAISIOT: Type Conference]
Sep.
Developed SD Minburi
SD Minburi」 is a new neutral body text font, designed for versatile use across all media, both online and offline.
Aug.
Establishment of the Sandoll Cultural Foundation
Jun.
「IBM Plex Sans KR」 won the first place in Hangeul category at 〈2023-2024 GRANSHAN〉

Acquisition of ‘Yoon Design’
Mar.
Selected as 〈2024 Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies list〉
‘Sandoll’ has been selected for the 〈2024 Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies list〉 endorsed by ‘Financial Times (FT)’

2023

Dec.
Selected as 〈2024 South Korea Growth Champion〉 
‘Sandoll’ has been selected for the 〈2024 South Korea Growth Champion〉 endorsed by ‘The Korea Economic Daily’
Oct.
Held the 1st [Sandoll SAISIOT: Type Conference]
A type conference was held to share knowledge on the topic of typography. [Sandoll SAISIOT] symbolizes change through interaction, and embodies the commitment to creating positive change and growth together.

Developed 「LG EI Headline for ‘LG’

Hosted the Hangeul Day collaborative exhibition [My Favorite Hangeul]
To commemorate Hangeul Day, an exhibition was hosted in collaboration with over 100 creators. Through this project, the form of ‘Hangeul’ as a script was reexamined, and its endless possibilities were conveyed.
Sep.
Developed 「Jalnan Gothic for ‘GC company’
Jul.
The 「November project received the Grand Prize in the “〈RedDot Award 2023〉 best of best in Brands & Communication Design category.” 
Aug.
Webfont product launched on the ‘SandollCloud’ platform 
Leveraging new web font technology optimized for the Korean web font environment and Hangeul, a new, easy-to-use web font service has been launched.
May.
‘Sandoll MetaLab’ Acquires Digital Stock Service ‘BBTree’
Sandoll's subsidiary, ‘Sandoll MetaLab’ acquired ‘BBTree’ and expanded its business scope to include stock image services utilizing generative image technology. Sandoll is broadening its IP to encompass essential content for creation, from fonts to stock images.

2022

Oct.
‘Sandoll Inc’ listed on KOSDAQ
‘Sandoll Inc’ became the first in the industry to be listed on the KOSDAQ

Developed 「Alibaba Sans KR for ‘Alibaba’

Developed 「NanumSquare Neo for ‘Naver’

Developed 「LINE Seed for ‘LINE’
Sep.
Developed 「Coupang Sans for ‘Coupang’
Jul.
Registered a technology patent for webfont services
A technical patent has been registered for the method of web font service in the font service system.
(Patent No. 10-2420159)
May.
Launched image font search app ‘Font Font’
Apr.
Released NFT project ‘TYPY’
Sandoll Metalab is researching advanced blockchain technology that can separate and recombine NFTs, linking the scientific principles of Hangeul to the core identity of TYPY.

2021

Sep.
Launched ‘Iam’, Sandoll's mobile-exclusive font brand
Jun.
Developed 「IBM Plex Sans JP for ‘IBM’ 
May.
Developed 「LCK Title and 「LCK Subtitle for ‘Riot Games’
Apr.

Established the subsidiary company, ‘Sandoll MetaLab’

‘Sandoll MetaLab’ researches and utilizes new technologies to create services that can assist creators across a diverse range of fields.

Mar.
Developed 「LCK Title and 「LCK Subtitle for ‘Riot Games’

2020

Oct.

Developed 「Sandoll GretaSans

It is the Korean version of 「Greta Sans a large multilingual family from the Dutch type foundry Typotheque. With a total of 10 weights, it offers a wide range of usability from very small body text to very thick headlines.

Jul.

Developed 『Sandoll Comp』 series, 「Sandoll CompSerif

It is the first Latin-exclusive font released by Sandoll, and it is also a variable font.

Apr.

Launched the [Font Usage Range Integration] campaign for simplifying the licenses, enabling risk-free use of font products

‘SandollCloud’ has abolished license distinctions for the convenience of users and to facilitate a free environment for font usage.


Developed 「IBM Plex Sans KR for ‘IBM’
Mar.
Released ‘SandollCloud’ mobile version

2010s

2019.
Presented CJK font production techniques at ‘ATypI 2019’ 
Participated and presented at ATypI, the world's largest font conference.

Developed 『Euljiro』 series for the E-commerce platform ‘BAEMIN’

Developed 「RIDI Batang for the content platform ‘RIDI’

Held a unveiling presentation for the new font, 「Sandoll Jeongche
Announced the new body text font 「Sandoll Jeongche」, which transcends the boundaries of Gothic (San-Serif) and Myeongjo (Serif) styles.
2018.

New spinoff entity Sandoll Inc

Purpose of spinoff include font business expansion and  strengthening service offering.


Transformed the ‘SandollCloud’ into a broader service area as a platform business
The ‘SandollCloud’' service has been expanded to allow free use of fonts from various foundries.

Developed a font for Chilsung boatyard, 「Sandoll Chilsung Boatyard

Developed 「Sandoll Hoyoyo

It is the first variable width font developed by ‘Sandoll’. As a groundbreaking font that breaks away from conventional formats and structures, it offers users a novel experience.


Developed Sandoll Nemony

This font, characterized by its bright and cheerful impression, is designed for much more versatile use than the traditional solid square-framed typefaces

2017.
Winner of 〈2017 iF Design Award〉 「Hyundai Sans

Winner of 〈2017 Red Dot Award〉 「Hyundai Sans
2016.

Hosted the 570th Hangeul Day special exhibition [DNA of Hangeul Type]

From the ideation to design, development, and hinting of Korean fonts widely used in everyday life, the process of creating fonts has been organized into a single flow, making it easy for visitors to understand


Developed 「Kakao Friends for ‘Kakao Friends

Developed 「NanumSquare for ‘Naver’

NanumSquare won the first place in Hangeul category at 〈2016 GRANSHAN〉

Sandoll LateSpring won the second place in Hangeul category at 〈2016 GRANSHAN〉
2015.
Sandoll Sandoll Jebi2, 〈2015 GRANSHAN〉 Won the first place in Hangeul Category
2014.

Launched cloud font service ‘SandollCloud’

Sandoll launched ‘SandollCloud’, a cloud font service that allows convenient use of Sandoll's fonts anytime, anywhere.


Sandoll was in charge of Hangeul design part of 「Noto Sans」, as a representative Font Foundry of Korea 

As a leading font foundry in Korea, Sandoll was responsible for the Hangeul design of 「Noto Sans」.


Sandoll MyeongjoNeo1」, 「Sandoll GothicNeo1」 won the first and second place respectively in Hangeul category of 〈GRANSHAN 2014〉

「Sandoll Tokyo」 Won the first place in display type category in 〈GRANSHAN 2014〉

OllehNeo」, exclusively customized for KT won the main prize in the typography category at the 〈2014 Red Dot Design Award〉
2011.
Developed 『Sandoll GothicNeo』 series, 「Sandoll GothicNeo1」

This body text font is designed with a user-centric approach, encapsulating Sandoll's technology and experience.


Incorporated 「Apple SD Sandoll GothicNeo」 into Apple's OS X and iOS
2008.Established ‘Sandolltium Co., Ltd.,’ a company specializing in Hangeul cultural products

Developed "Samsung", the first corporate-exclusive font in South Korea

It is a corporate-exclusive font developed through a collaboration between Sandoll and Samsung Electronics. It was created to provide a consistent Samsung experience at all user touchpoints.


Developed 「Nanum serif」 for ‘Naver’
2007.
Hosted ‘Korea Japan Typography Forum’
2003.
Developed 「Yonandi」 for ‘Hyundaicard’
2002.
Applied Manual Hinting technique for the first time during the ‘Microsoft’ 「Malgun Gothic」 project

Sandoll participated as a project partner for embedding Korean fonts in Windows.

1995.
Supplied font package Hangeul style to ‘Hancom Inc’
1992.

Developed 「Sandoll Jebi

It is Sandoll's representative body text font, a modern reinterpretation of the Myeongjo (Serif) style.

1984.‘Sandoll’, the beginning of a long history

Shocked by the reality of importing Hangeul typesetting from Japan, CEO Seok Geum-ho established ‘Sandoll Typographics’, South Korea's first Korean font foundry.