⚠️ Always check the LICENSE.txt or README inside the font package. “Free” does not always mean commercial use is allowed.

Many motherboard driver CDs from Gigabyte, ASUS, and MSI (circa 2005-2010) bundled this font for their Chinese utility software.

Microsoft used to include GBK-based fonts in the XP Embedded edition for the Asian market.

Issue 1: The font name shows up as gibberish in my menu.

Issue 2: The font works, but only for Chinese characters. English letters look ugly.

Issue 3: I need this for a website (CSS). Can I use it for free?

Let me know which direction fits your need, and I’ll give you a precise, useful review.

This guide covers what the font likely is, where it comes from, its technical properties, legal usage, and how to install it.


The name Fzhtk--gbk1-0 is non-standard and appears to be a system-internal or corrupted font name, likely from:

Most likely reality: This is a free or open-source CJK (Chinese-Japanese-Korean) font that has been renamed automatically by a system (Windows, Linux, or an extraction tool). The original name might be something like FZHeiTi, FZKaiTi, or FangZheng variant.


Here is a proper review of a good, free, legal GBK (Chinese + extended) font that might be what you're looking for, such as "Source Han Sans SC" (思源黑体) or "Noto Sans CJK SC":