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Libertine-Fonts in the news
- 03/2009
„Hard to believe but true is the variety of Linux Libertine [...]“ „It resembles the Times and is qualitatively at least as good.“
- 02/2008
„A typographically very felicitous and additionally free available Font is Linux Libertine – a font, which is well suitable as replacement for Times New Roman.“
Praegnanz.de
10/2006
„A little bit like the Times, but more beautiful. This is how one can fittingly describe Linux Libertine.“
Introduction
“Letters and fonts have two characteristics: On the one hand they are basic elements of communication and fundamental to our culture, on the other hand they are cultural goods and an artistic work.
You are able to see just the first aspect, but when it comes to software you’ll see copyrights and patents even on the most elementary fonts. Therefore we want to give you a free alternative: This is why we founded the Libertine Open Fonts Project.”
Philipp H. Poll
Our Profile
We work on a versatile font family. It is designed to give you an alternative for fonts like T*mes New Roman. We’re creating free software and publish our fonts under terms of the GPL and OFL. Please have a look at the paragraph concerning the license.
It is our aim to support the many western languages and provide many special characters. Our fonts cover the codepages of Western Latin, Greek, Cyrillic (with their specific enhancements), Hebrew, IPA and many more. Furthermore, typographical features such as ligatures, small capitals, different number styles, scientific symbols, etc. are implemented in this font. Linux Libertine thus contains more than 2000 characters. In this huge amount of glyphs, there still may be small mistakes that we ask you to report for the improvement of the Libertine Font Family. You may also write us, if you would like to see a new feature added (see the section “Contribute” for details).