BM Alaric was used for the typography for Echo, a solo EP by BTS member Jin. The typeface was slightly modified for the project’s art direction.

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Na in its three version album box cover

In June 2024, Nayeon – from the K-pop girl group Twice – released her second mini album soberly titled Na (na 나 meaning “I” in Korean). The album marks a bold evolution in her solo career, blending catchy pop melodies with a more emotional sound. The album was released in three standard versions, three vinyl versions, and the special “NEMO”, “D’igipack” and “A to Z” versions.

The visual identity and album design has been curated by PRESS ROOM, a graphic design and publishing studio based in Seoul, founded in 2016. Each track has a title logo designed by Lee Daehuen, while the album title logo has been designed by Park Hyunjin and Jin Sohyeon. Park Seoyeong, Song Seoyoung, Yang Jieun also contributed to the design.

In its variegated promotional artworks can be found a sleek visual aesthetic that takes full advantage of the clean, modern look of Suisse Int’l Condensed. This choice enhances the album’s minimalist yet young design, embodying the energy of Nayeon’s music while maintaining a contemporary feel. For the promotion of the track list then, the font has been accompanied by the grunged Veneer Regular and Pretendard SemiBold (프리텐다드) for the Korean script.

Na CD cover and booklet

Na vinyl version with record jacket and sleeve

On May 15, 2024, JYP Entertainment, Twice, and Nayeon teased on their social media the album track list. Here can be seen the use of Suisse Int’l Condensed together with Veneer Regular and Pretendard SemiBold (프리텐다드).

Photobook in three versions accompanying the album, 180×250 mm, 88 pages

Also accompanying the album: photocards 55×85 mm; hangtags 50×100 mm; mini book 70×90 mm, 12 pages; track sticker pack 90×90 mm, 8 pieces.

Stage setup in the studios of M Countdown where Nayeon performed lived on June 20, 2024

Merchandise from Nayeon's pop-up store in Seoul for the special collection “Nayeon x bloomingtale x oddoneout”

Outside view of Nayeon's pop-up store in Seoul

Forma DJR is featured in the music video to “r u ok?” by K-pop group Ifeye. It appears on a truck at 0:53 minutes. Other fonts include all-caps Myriad on the doors of a container and on a wooden booth, as well as Helvetica on T-shirts.

From Wikipedia:

Agust D is the debut mixtape by the South Korean rapper of the same name, better known as Suga of BTS. It was released on August 15, 2016 by Big Hit Entertainment on SoundCloud.

The cover art features tight-and-touching Akzidenz-Grotesk Bold for the title, accompanied by text in ITC Franklin Gothic Heavy Italic and Letter Gothic in Bold and Bold Slant styles

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SEVENTEEN is a K-pop boy group celebrating their tenth anniversary this year. To commemorate a decade of relentless dedication, the 2025 Season’s Greetings package and graphic design were created under the concept of “day-off,” reflecting SEVENTEEN’s well-deserved break. The package includes a calendar, a diary, a sticker pack that contains the members’ handwriting, as well as a photo card set and a bookmark.

Ruby album cover

Jennie dropped her most-awaited first studio album Ruby on March 7, 2025. The album design features three fonts used consistently throughout the album promotion: Vivaldi, Snell Roundhand and Apoc Italic.

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“Jennie” in Vivaldi

“Zen” version of the Ruby photobook

Ruby album roll-out schedule

The Ruby Experience by Jennie. Secondary text on this poster is in Gill Sans.

Ruby listening event in Los Angeles

Chuu (츄) is a South Korean singer, actress and television personality, and a former member of the K-pop girl group Loona and its sub-unit yyxy. The titles for her 2024 video “Dear Santa” feature Stack.

Inevitable is the sixth Korean EP record by K-pop duo Super Junior-D&E, a subgroup of the boy band Super Junior. On the album cover, the title lettering mixes Vivaldi and the Wide Bold style from Roc Grotesk, with a modified V and L.

Rauschen B in use for the third mini album by South Korean singer and songwriter Chen (첸), titled Last Scene (사라지고 있어). It includes a CD, a booklet, photocards, and a poster and was released by SM Entertainment. The typefaces used for Korean text are unidentified [edit: there’s Sanuwha and Sandoll GothicNeo, see comments].

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Kwangya, located in Seoul’s SM Entertainment Building, is a premier destination for K-pop enthusiasts. This flagship store not only offers a wide range of merchandise for SM Entertainment’s artists, including albums, autographs, and lightsticks, but also provides an immersive experience where fans can interact with artists in a metaverse that seamlessly blends reality and virtuality. The logo features JAF Mashine Rounded.

Digital cover for the album Maxident

From Wikipedia:

Maxident is the seventh Korean-language extended play and eleventh overall by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released on October 7, 2022, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records […] A portmanteau of “max” or “maximum” and “incident” or “accident”, the EP saw the band take on a “love” concept for the first time.

It consists of eight tracks, including the lead single “Case 143”. It became their second consecutive number-one album in the US and the fourth South Korean and non-English album to top the chart.

The logo for the title is using Aeternus Bold, which was created by Unio Creative Solutions, with the letter X being customized with an arrow heading to upper right and a jagged arrow towards bottom right. The font is also used for the single as well as for the “mugshot” height bar on the background of the digital cover. For the credits on the bottom, a yet unidentified grotesk is being used [edit: it’s Tomato Grotesk, see comments].

The logo of Stray Kids below the title was hand-drawn by one of the group’s members, Bang Chan, showing its sharp and striking wordmark. Xtreem by Mans Grebäck is a font with similar characteristics.

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Different from previous Stray Kids albums, Maxident used the Pink-Black-Grey-White color scheme for its aesthetics. This resembles the "love" concept of the album while still showcasing the usual, edgy side of Stray Kids that we know.

The album has four physical versions. This picture shows three of them: Go version (left one), T-Crush version (middle one), and Heart version (right one).

The fourth version, Case version, uses a different color scheme, switching the Pink and Grey colors for Red and Ivory colors. This version consists of eight different types for each of the eight Stray Kids members.

The lead single, “Case 143”, also uses the same font, Aeternus Bold, with police line-style customizations for the text “Case”, and the addition of a heart shape in “143”.

The “Maxident” text and the Stray Kids logo can be seen in their concept photos for the album.

Digital cover for the album Hot Sauce

From Wikipedia:

Hot Sauce is the first studio album by South Korean boy band NCT Dream, the third sub-unit of the South Korean boy band NCT. It was released on May 10, 2021, through SM Entertainment. Following their previous EP, Reload, this album marks NCT Dream’s first release to feature back as a seven-member unit following the return of Mark from the termination of the age-based graduation system that was operated in the group.

It consists of ten tracks, with its lead single “Hot Sauce” serving as the album’s title track. The album exceeded more than 1.71 million copies in pre-orders, setting a new record as SM Entertainment’s highest pre-orders album of all time at the time of its release. The physical album comes in three photo book types (Crazy, Chilling, and Boring) and seven individual member jewel cases.

The logo for the title is using Canada Type’s Doobie, or possibly another digital interpretation of Scorpio and/or Hoopla. Poplar by Adobe is used for “NCT DREAM”, outlined and curved, resembling a hot sauce brand. The word “맛” below the title is in a yet to be identified Korean font [edit: identified by kfontsrc as Dunkel Sans, see comments]. The digital cover for the album resembles a sachet of hot sauce.

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Variation of the album logo. The album title and the NCT Dream logo is now curved with contours.

Doobie and Poplar are being used widely throughout the album’s promotion. Aside from these two fonts, Helvetica is also used in the timetable poster.

Poster for the vampire-themed song “Bite Me”

Enhypen’s new identity for their EP Dark Blood showcases the Romie typeface, reflecting a blend of style and modern typography.

Enhypen, a renowned K-pop group, brings a distinct aesthetic to this release. The fonts used are Romie Regular and Italic, including some customization. Romie is designed by Margot Lévêque and published by Margot Lévêque Studio.

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Full version of Dark Blood, containing CD, photo book, photo card (random 1 of 7), message photo card (random 1 of 7), sticker, post card (random 1 of 7), bookmark and poster with lyrics

The titles of the six songs on the mini album are presented in a mix of Romie Regular and Italic, with customized swashes and terminals.

Track list presented in the form of book spines. Credits are added in a Helvetica, possibly Neue Haas Grotesk, and Sandoll GothicNeo.

Announcement of the Enhypen world tour Fate in Japan. The secondary fonts include DIN 1451 and an unidentified serif.

Dates for the Enhypen world tour Fate

Tour shirt

Formerly of the group NU’EST, Hwang Min Hyun 황민현 begins his solo career with a first EP, or mini album, titled Truth or Lie. It features six songs including “Hidden Side”. Holise is used together with Millionaire Script (“or”) and Walkway Ultra Condensed (“Lie”).

From the publisher, Éditions EPA (translated):

K-pop, series, gastronomy, cinema, fashion… Korean pop culture conquers the world!

This book proposes a journey around the K-World. A panorama of this fascinating, astonishing, invigorating culture, which allows you to watch Parasite while eating a delicious nibimbap and drinking a glass of soju. To listen to BTS, to dance to the rhythm of Gangnam style, then to sing in a karaoke until the end of the night before returning in the morning calmly seeing the sun rise on Bukchon Hanok Maeul!

The design uses various styles from the Sharp Grotesk, paired with Freight Big, as well as Black Han Sans for Korean text.

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NewJeans is a five-member South Korean girl group, releasing music under the native ADOR record label. Promotions for the group first started on 22 July 2022, with their first music video “Attention” being released on streaming service YouTube. Their eponymous debut EP was released on August 1, 2022.

Under the management of South Korean art director and graphic designer Min Hee-Jin, NewJeans donned on a Y2K-inspired image. It trickles down from fashion to the typography used in their promotional artworks, favouring flourishes and display types prominently used in the late ’90s and early ’00s.

Unlike typical brands, many people were commissioned to create several logos for NewJeans, giving their identity more fluidity within its early millennium look. The wordmarks encompass styles found in the era, from the likes of brands like Bratz, Heelys and The Powerpuff Girls, to name a few.

While custom lettering was used, there are still many fonts being applied on the logos. An anonymous Twitter user named @newjeansfonts has taken the liberty to search and curate all the utilised typefaces on a dedicated website. A Reddit user has also compiled the various logos in its animated form, likely extracted from the artists’ Instagram pages. Their official logo consists of a hybrid of various fonts being used in different glyphs, altogether being faux-condensed.

Top row: Village / Amador / not a font / newjeansfonts suggests Dollie Script with modifications, but that’s unlikely

Middle row: not a font / not a font / possibly a mix of Honey Pocaline and Times New Roman / not a font

Bottom row: Conthrax / not a font / newjeansfonts suggests Sloop Script and Elevon with modifications, but at least Sloop seems unlikely / Sharp Grotesk Book 25 and Medium 20, plus the alternate w from ITC Avant Garde Gothic

Additional logo designs shown in their interactive website, newjeans.kr. It is included in its website feature, “My Album,” an online NewJeans album cover maker.

Screenshot of NewJeans’ intro card (with their official logo) for their performance of “Attention” in Music Bank (KBS World). The fonts in use appear to be Genty, Helvetica, Alagard, Brush Script, and Fairfax.

Screenshot of NewJeans’ stage design for their performance of “Cookie” in Inkigayo (SBS). It features one of their logos affixed with neon lights.

“BTBT” cover

“BTBT” is a single from B.I and Soulja Boy featuring DeVita. The single and music video have been announced and teased.

By combining a K-pop artist and a rapper from two different countries the project is full of scope linking several communities. Added to this is the presence of R&B artist DeVita.

For the title, the chosen typeface is Engin. It’s a futuristic design with rigid structures. The creator of this typeface, Viktor Pesotsky, says that this typeface could be used in 2132.

All other text is set in various weights of Eurostile.

Korean artists often use futuristic typefaces carrying novelty. This is consistent with their artistic philosophy proposing music in connection with the contemporary era. Just like Soulja Boy who many qualify as visionary. The clip likewise is in a futuristic atmosphere. K-Pop is a style of music turned towards the future which tries to reinvent the music and its aesthetic with emphasis put on the communication (clip / cover).

The title “BTBT” comes from the Korean word Biteulbiteul which means to stagger in its steps, to lose the balance. In this piece, B.I's new love is enough for him to give up all control.

“BTBT” poster

“BTBT” poster teaser

“BTBT” poster

Clip teaser

Awaken the World is the debut studio album from WayV, the Chinese sub-unit of the South Korean boy band NCT. Designed by Studio Odd Hyphen, the album was released in two versions, both featuring Studio Feixen Sans Edgy Bold throughout the album artwork, packaging, and marketing media. The titles of the poster series are set in Neue Helvetica Black Extended. The few details with Chinese text are set in a yet unidentified typeface.

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Agne by Bagerich is used as display typeface for Ryeowook’s latest mini album. It’s paired with Termina by Fort Foundry on the cover. The booklet additionally uses an unidentified Korean typeface and a Latin serif, which are possibly from the same font.

From Allkpop:

Super Junior’s Ryeowook continues to display his strong emotions in new teasers for his solo comeback.

Ryeowook is continuing to prepare for his comeback with his third mini-album, A Wild Rose. In the latest concept photos released on April 21 KST, Ryeowook displays his intense emotions while sitting among thorny bushes.

The album release date is May 3 KST, so check out the teaser images below and stay tuned for more until the album’s release!

Voca by Bagerich is the display typeface used for the latest release by singer, rapper, and songwriter Amber Liu.

Via indie-music.com:

Global pop star Amber Liu has released the final EP of her trilogy, Z!, on all digital streaming platforms via Empire. Over the past few months, Liu has already released three hit singles from this new body of work as a little tease for what’s to come from one of her most playful but serious albums to date. The music video for her title song of the album, “Easier,” features the international phenomenon Jackson Wang, and will be released on February 28.

The EP Z! is the last in the recent series that began with X in 2019 and y? in early 2021. While X was about crossing over to something new, y? dove into Amber’s internal struggles. Finally, marks a perfect ending to the trilogy; a declaration and commitment to herself that she’ll always be “Amber” even though she is just finally getting to know herself.