Beautiful, mysterious Kobo system font

The closest open-source alternative I've found is Zen Old Mincho. If you use it for works using the Latin alphabet, use the "Black" file instead of the Bold. The regular bold file isn't bold enough.

These are a little less like Kobo's Mincho font, but still capture the Mincho feel and are also open-source:

• BIZ UDPMincho

• Sawarabi Mincho (doesn't have a true bold style)

• Shippori Mincho

• Yuji Syuku (doesn't have a true bold style)

Every font I've mentioned is available for free on Google Fonts (if you want to see what they look like in Latin, type into the type tester; by default, GF shows what the Japanese looks like). I also have modified versions available here if you're a KOReader user (mine have small-caps built-in because KOReader can't create fake ones for fonts that are missing them; my modified versions are not necessary with the Kobo stock reader or other stock ereader software, like Kindle/Pocketbook). Also, note that the ellipsis and spacing for quotation marks can be funky for Mincho fonts; I've adjusted mine to play nicer with Latin text.

Here is a post from last year that has a couple of font suggestions to choose from.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/1htylo3/does_anyone_know_a_font_thats_similar_to_kobo/

I use STIX Two Text. It’s not very exciting but I find it very easy to read.