Linux Libertine

Infobox font
name = Linux Libertine


style = Serif
releasedate = September 2003
foundry = Libertine Open Fonts Project
shown_here = Version 3.0
license = GPL / OFL

Linux Libertine is a font for computers that is open source and free in the sense of the GPL; it is dual licensed under the OFL. It belongs to the [http://linuxlibertine.sf.net Libertine Open Fonts Project] that aims at creating free and open type fonts to give users the alternative to commercial fonts like Times Roman. It is being developed with the free font editor FontForge. [Bruce Byfield (2006): "Linux Libertine Open Fonts offers free Times Roman alternative", http://www.linux.com/articles/56565]

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, 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 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
* Bold
* Italic
* Bolditalic
* Small capitals

Special glyphs

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

See also

* Free software Unicode fonts
* Unicode fonts
* List of typefaces

References

External links

* [http://linuxlibertine.sf.net/ Official Web Site]