Linux Libertine is a digital typeface created by the Libertine Open Fonts Project, which aims to create free and open alternatives to

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s and encompasses character sets such as the

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, and

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. Additionally, it offers several ligatures (such as ff, fi, and ct, and the

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). It also includes special characters such as

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, arrows, floral symbols, Roman numbers,

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, and small caps. The

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mascot is included at the Unicode code point U+E000.

Usage

In 2010, Linux Libertine was adopted as an open-source substitute for the

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typeface in the redesign of the

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, making it possible to localize the Wikipedia identity into more than 250 languages and character sets. The "W" character, which had previously been used in various other places in Wikipedia (such as the favicon) and was a "distinctive part of the Wikipedia brand", had "crossed" V glyphs in the original logo, while Linux Libertine has a joined W letter shape. As a solution, the "crossed" W was added to Linux Libertine as an OpenType variant. Both the Linux Libertine and Linux Biolinum typefaces are used by the open-source design publication '' Libre Graphics Magazine''.

Derivative works

László Németh created a variant of fonts with additional

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font tables: Linux Libertine G and Linux Biolinum G. Both these fonts are bundled with

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as of the suite's 3.3 release, with some features added in the 3.5 release. Khaled Hosny forked the Linux Libertine font family in 2012. The fork stemmed from a lack of a matching mathematical companion font for Linux Libertine. He officially released the initial version of his fork in 2016. Due to licensing restrictions of Linux Libertine regarding the need to change the name of derivative works, he renamed his version to "Libertinus fonts". Hosny also used this opportunity to unify the various font names. Thus, Linux Libertine became Libertinus Serif, Linux Biolinum became Libertinus Sans, and Linux Libertine Mono became Libertinus Mono. His new mathematical font is called Libertinus Math. While working on the mathematical companion, Hosny fixed many technical issues of the already existing fonts. This led him to a complete fork of Linux Libertine, not just adding a complementing typeface to it. Since Linux Libertine's releases came to a halt in 2012, the actively developed Libertinus fonts are de facto a continuation of the now stalled Linux Libertine project. Khaled passed the role of maintainer on to Caleb Maclennan in 2020.

References

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