Nimbus Roman No. 9 L
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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Transitional |
| Designer(s) | URW Studio; (Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent); GPL published also by Valek Fillipov |
| Foundry | URW++ |
| Date released | 1982 (1931)[1] |
| Design based on | Times New Roman |
| Website |
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Nimbus Roman is a serif typeface created by URW Studio in 1982.[1]
Nimbus Roman No. 9 L is a serif typeface created by URW Studio in 1987,[2] and eventually released under the GPL and AFPL (as Type 1 font for Ghostscript) in 1996[3][4][5][6] and LPPL in 2009.[7][8][9] It features Normal, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic weights, and is one of several freely licensed fonts offered by URW++.
Although the characters are not exactly the same, Nimbus Roman No. 9 L has metrics almost identical to Times New Roman and Times Roman. It is one of the Ghostscript fonts, a free alternative to 35 basic PostScript fonts (which include Times).[10][11]
It is a standard typeface in many Linux distributions.[12][13]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Nimbus Roman". URW++. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ↑ "Nimbus Roman No. 9 L". URW++. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ↑ Finally! Good-quality free (GPL) basic-35 PostScript Type 1 fonts., archived from the original on 2002-10-23, retrieved 2010-05-06
- ↑ Finally! Good-quality free (GPL) basic-35 PostScript Type 1 fonts. (TXT), retrieved 2010-05-06
- ↑ "Fonts and TeX". 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ↑ Five years after: Report on international TEX font projects (PDF), 2007, retrieved 2010-05-06
- ↑ URW++ making original 35 fonts available under LPPL, retrieved 2010-05-06
- ↑ ghostscript-fonts-std-4.0.tar.gz - GhostScript 4.0 standard fonts - AFPL license (TAR.GZ), 1996-06-28, retrieved 2010-05-06
- ↑ ghostscript-fonts-std-6.0.tar.gz - GhostScript 6.0 standard fonts - GPL license (TAR.GZ), 1999-12-22, retrieved 2010-05-06
- ↑ "Fonts and font facilities supplied with Ghostscript". Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ↑ "Linux fonts (mostly X11)". 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ↑ "Ghostscript SVN - URW fonts". Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ↑ "Debian package - gsfonts". Retrieved 2010-04-21.
External links
- URW++ Homepage
- URW++ Nimbus Roman No. 9 L - (German page) commercial version, page
- Ghostscript SVN - URW fonts (Type 1 fonts)
- Nimbus Roman No. 9 L-Regular - font metrics
- Ghostscript changelog (includes changes in Nimbus fonts)
- Fonts and font facilities supplied with Ghostscript
- Guide to Pre-Installed Fonts in Linux, Mac, and Windows (2007)
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