Linux Libertine

Linux Libertine

Category	Serif
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.

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 File:Linux Logo in Linux Libertine Font.png at the Unicode code point U+E000.

See also

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

External links

• Official Web Site