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| 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 |
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| Sample | |
| Website | software |
| Latest release version | Basic: 1.102 Plus: 6.200 |
| Latest release date | Basic: December 10, 2013 Plus: February 1, 2023 |
Gentium (/ˈdʒɛntiəm/, from the Latin for "of the nations") is a Unicode serif typeface family designed by Victor Gaultney. Gentium fonts are free and open source software, and are released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), which permits modification and redistribution.[1] Gentium has wide support for languages using the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic alphabets, and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Gentium Plus variants released since November 2010 now include over 5,500 glyphs and advanced typographic features through OpenType and formerly Graphite.[2]
Gentium was designed for use at 10-11 points. Wide counters and low stroke contrast improve readability at small point sizes. Long ascenders allow diacritics stacking.[3][4][5]
- ^ OFL information page on sil.org
- ^ "Gentium Plus: Documentation and Support". 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ https://software.sil.org/gentium/
- ^ https://software.sil.org/gentium/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/12/Gentium-RU-Specimen.pdf
- ^ Byfield, Bruce. "Gentium: An award-winning font joins the free software world". Linux.com. The Linux Foundation.