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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

Special glyphs

Linux Libertine includes the Tux logo at the Unicode code point U+E000.

References

↑ Bruce Byfield (2006): Linux Libertine Open Fonts offers free Times Roman alternative, http://www.linux.com/articles/56565

External links

Official Web Site

[1] Bruce Byfield (2006): Linux Libertine Open Fonts offers free Times Roman alternative, http://www.linux.com/articles/56565

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+'''Linux Libertine''' is a computer font that is open source and free software; it is dual licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and the [[SIL Open Font License|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]].<ref>Bruce Byfield (2006): ''Linux Libertine Open Fonts offers free Times Roman alternative'', http://www.linux.com/articles/56565</ref>
-| name = Linux Libertine
-| image = [[Image:Linux_Libertine.png|250px]]
+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 Alphabet|Latin]], [[Greek Alphabet|Greek]], [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] and [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] typeset. Additionally it offers several [[Ligature (typography)|ligatures]] (such as ff, fi, ct, …) and has special characters like [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] characters, arrows, floral symbols, [[Roman numbers]], [[Text figures|oldstyle numbers]], [[small caps]] etc. The [[OpenType]] implementation allows automatic positioning and substitution like true fractures, ligatures and [[kerning]].
-| style = [[Serif]]
-| releasedate = [[September 2003]]
-| foundry = [http://linuxlibertine.sf.net Libertine Open Fonts Project]
-| shown_here = Version 3.0
-| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] / [[SIL Open Font License|OFL]]
-}}
-'''Linux Libertine''' is a computer font that is open source and free software; it is dual licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and the [[SIL Open Font License|OFL]]. It was created by [http://linuxlibertine.sf.net 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]].<ref>Bruce Byfield (2006): ''Linux Libertine Open Fonts offers free Times Roman alternative'', http://www.linux.com/articles/56565</ref>
-Linux Libertine is a serif proportional font with the look of a 19th century book type, though it has been developed for today's usability. It contains more than 2000 characters in [[Unicode]], including support for many different languages of the western [[Latin Alphabet|Latin]], [[Greek Alphabet|Greek]], [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] and [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] typeset. Additionally it offers several [[Ligature (typography)|ligatures]] (such as ff, fi, ct, …) and has special characters like [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] characters, arrows, floral symbols, [[Roman numbers]], [[Text figures|oldstyle numbers]], [[small caps]] etc. The implementation of [[OpenType]] allows automatic positioning and substitution like for true fractures, ligatures and [[kerning]].
 As of 2006, the following faces are available in TTF, OTF and [[source code]]:
 * Regular
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 == Special glyphs ==
-Linux Libertine includes the Tux logo [[Image:Linux_Logo_in_Linux_Libertine_Font.png|20px]] at the Unicode code point U+E000.
+Linux Libertine includes the [[Tux]] logo [[Image:Linux_Logo_in_Linux_Libertine_Font.svg|30px]] at the Unicode code point U+E000.
 == See also ==
+* [[Linux Biolinum]]
 * [[Free software Unicode fonts]]
 * [[Unicode fonts]]
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 == External links ==
 * [http://linuxlibertine.sf.net/ Official Web Site]
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 [[Category:Unicode typefaces]]
 [[Category:Free software Unicode typefaces]]
+[[Category:Open source typefaces]]
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-[[it:Linux Libertine]]

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