Linux Libertine
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| Category | Serif |
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| Foundry | Libertine Open Fonts Project |
| Date released | September 2003 |
| License | GPL / OFL |
| Shown here | Version 3.0 |
Linux Libertine is a computer font that is open source and free software; it is dual licensed under the GPL and the OFL. It was created by the Libertine Open Fonts Project that aims to create free and open alternatives to commercial fonts like Times Roman. It is being developed with the free font editor FontForge.[1]
Linux Libertine is a serif proportional font that looks like a 19th century book type, though it has been developed for today's usability. It contains more than 2000 Unicode characters, including support for many different languages of the western Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Hebrew typeset. Additionally it offers several ligatures (such as ff, fi, ct, …) and has special characters like IPA characters, arrows, floral symbols, Roman numbers, oldstyle numbers, small caps etc. The OpenType implementation allows automatic positioning and substitution like true fractures, ligatures and kerning.
As of 2006, the following faces are available in TTF, OTF and source code:
- Regular
- Bold
- Italic
- Bolditalic
- Small capitals
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[edit] Special glyphs
Linux Libertine includes the Tux logo 
at the Unicode code point U+E000 and also the Capital ß.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Bruce Byfield (2006): Linux Libertine Open Fonts offers free Times Roman alternative, http://www.linux.com/articles/56565
