Gentium
Category | Serif |
---|---|
Classification | Old-style |
Designer(s) | Victor Gaultney |
Date created | 2001 |
Date released | 2010-11-01 (Gentium Plus 1.502), 2008-04-03 (Gentium Basic 1.100), 2002-09-16 (Gentium 1.00) |
Characters | Basic: 704 Plus: 2,712 |
Glyphs | Basic: 796 Plus: 4,359 |
License | Open Font License |
Variations | Gentium Gentium Alternative Gentium Basic Gentium Book Basic Gentium Plus Gentium Plus Compact |
Sample | |
Website | software |
Latest release version | Basic: 1.102 Plus: 6.200 |
Latest release date | Basic: December 10, 2013 Plus: February 1, 2023 |
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History and variants
Gentium and GentiumAlt
The original release of Gentium defined roughly 1,500
In 2003, the Gentium font was awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design from the
Gentium Basic fonts
In November 2007, the Gentium Basic and Gentium Book Basic fonts were released, containing Gentium fonts in four faces: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. Gentium Basic has the same
Gentium Plus fonts
An updated version of the roman and italic fonts called Gentium Plus, which includes the full extended Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic coverage, was released in November 2010. Gentium Plus variants containing an additional 3,800 glyphs, including Cyrillic and additional coverage of the IPA, were added in 2010 in a release called Gentium Plus. Released shortly afterward was a variant called "Gentium Plus Compact", which has compact spacing for aesthetic reasons. Both Gentium Plus and Gentium Plus Compact include regular and italic variants of over 5500 glyphs.
Since the initial release of the Gentium Plus fonts, the focus of the project has shifted to completing bold and bold italic weights of the Gentium Plus family, as well as the creation of a "Gentium Book Plus" family with a slightly heavier weight which may be useful at small sizes.[5] These are the weights that are currently available in the Gentium Basic and Gentium Book Basic fonts.[5]
Custom character variants
Variant forms of many characters can be chosen in the word-processor. For example, for primer-style 'a' and 'g', append ss01=1
to the name of the font in the font-selection window.[6] (Features are appended with a colon and linked with an ampersand – see images at right.) Alternatively, customized versions of the fonts can be created with TypeTuner, prior to download, that have those forms preset.[7]
Features that may be chosen include
Open source development
The ongoing development of the font welcomes contributions from its users.[8] Gentium was released under the
See also
- Free software Unicode typefaces
References
- ^ OFL information page on sil.org
- ^ "Gentium Plus: Documentation and Support". 2 October 2014.
- ^ Byfield, Bruce (January 26, 2006). "Gentium: An award-winning font joins the free software world". Linux.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010.
- ^ a b Gaultney, Victor (November 1, 2010). "Gentium Basic Fonts". SIL.org. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Gaultney, Victor (November 1, 2010). "Gentium — FAQ". SIL.org. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Gentium: features
- ^ TypeTuner Web homepage
- ^ Gaultney, Victor (November 1, 2010). "Gentium — Project Status". SIL.org. Retrieved February 23, 2012.