Linux Libertine

Linux Libertine is a font for computers that is OpenSource and free in the sense of the GPL; it is dual licensed under the OFL. It belongs to the Libertine Open Fonts Project that aims at creating free and open type fonts to give users the alternative to commercial fonts like Times Roman.

File:Libertine sample.svg

SVG sample of Linux Libertine

Linux Libertine is a serif proportional font with the look of a 19th century book type, though it has been developed for today usability. It contains more than 2000 characters in Unicode and therefore supports many different languages of the western Latin, Greek and Cyrillic typeset. Additionally it offers several ligatures (such as ff, fi, ct,..) and has special characters like IPA characters, arrows, floral symbols, roman numbers, mediaeval numbers, etc.

File:LinuxLibertine-2.1.0.png

Sample text of Linux Libertine

Image:Libertine_sample.svg

As of 2006, the following faces are available:

• regular
• bold
• italic
• bolditalic
• underlined
• small capitals

See also

• Free software Unicode fonts
• Unicode fonts
• List of typefaces

External links

• official website