From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Linux Libertine
Linux Libertine
Linux Libertine As of 2006, the following faces are available in TTF,
OTF and source code:
• Regular
• Bold
• Italic
• Bold italic
• Small capitals
Usage
Wikipedia’s logo features the Linux Libertine font. There
is also a complementary organic sans-serif face, Linux
Biolinum. Both the Linux Libertine and Linux Biolinum
typefaces are used by the open-source design publication
Libre Graphics Magazine.[2]
Special glyphs
Category Serif Linux Libertine includes the Tux logo at the Uni-
Foundry Libertine Open Fonts Project code code point U+E000.
Date released September 2003
License GPL / OFL
See also
• Free software Unicode typefaces
Shown here Version 3.0 • List of typefaces
• Unicode fonts
Linux Libertine is a digital typeface created by the Lib- • GNU General Public License
ertine Open Fonts Project, which aims to create free and • SIL Open Font License
open alternatives to Proprietary software typefaces such
Times Roman. It is developed with the free font editor
FontForge and is licensed under the GNU General Public References
License and the SIL Open Font License.[1] [1] Byfield, Bruce (August 28, 2006). "Linux Libertine
Open Fonts offers free Times Roman alternative".
Characteristics Linux.com. http://web.archive.org/web/
20110521181353/http://www.linux.com/archive/
Linux Libertine is a proportional serif typeface that looks articles/56565.
like 19th century book type, but includes features de- [2] Carvalho, Ana; Lafuente, Ricardo (2010).
signed for modern use. It contains more than 2,000 Uni- "Production Colophon". Libre Graphics Magazine
code characters, including support for many different (Libre Graphics Magazine) 1 (1): 7.
languages including, Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Hebrew http://libregraphicsmag.com/files/
typesets. Additionally it offers several ligatures (such as libregraphicsmag_1.1_lowquality.pdf. Retrieved
ff, fi, and ct), the recently added capital ß, and has special 2011-07-18.
characters such as International Phonetic Alphabet char-
acters, arrows, floral symbols, Roman numbers, Text fig-
ures, and small caps. The OpenType implementation al- External links
lows automatic positioning and substitution, including • Official Web Site
true fractions, ligatures and kerning.
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