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Release v1.508 (official release)
The only change in this official release is: Removed the VDMX table (to resolve issues related to line-spacing and clipping) Download the newest release packages from the Download Page. Download v1.508 of the release packages from the Previous Versions Page. Read More
Changes in this release: Double-encoded the SIL PUA characters which were added to Unicode 5.2 and 6.0 (using ttfremap) Corrected problem with coverage tables (using ttfsortcover) Changed version number (using ttfsetver) Added device metric tables Added an empty dsig table Download the newest release packages from the Download… Read More
Changes in this release: Changed licensing to the SIL Open Font License version 1.1 Download the newest release packages from the Download Page. Download v1.03 of the release packages from the Previous Versions Page. Read More
Changes in this release: Added codepage bits for 1251 (Cyrillic), 1257 (Windows Baltic), 1258 (Vietnamese) Download the newest release packages from the Download Page. Download v1.504 of the release packages from the Previous Versions Page. Read More
Basic Font Information Gentium (“belonging to the nations” in Latin) is a Unicode typeface family designed to enable the many diverse ethnic groups around the world who use the Latin script to produce readable, high-quality publications. The design is intended to be highly readable, reasonably compact, and visually attractive. Gentium… Read More
Changes in this release: Changed licensing to the SIL Open Font License Included FontLab source files Fixed some duplicate PostScript glyph names Fixed italic angle Download the newest release packages from the Download Page. Download v1.02 of the release packages from the Previous Versions Page. Read More
Gentium: Providing Type to the World
Interview with Victor Gaultney, creator of Gentium Reprinted by permission from The LISA Newsletter: Globalization Insider XII/4.3. Copyright the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) and S.M.P. Marketing Sarl (SMP) 2003. Abstract Gentium is a Unicode typeface that contains Roman, Greek and Cyrillic characters, including many characters seldom seen in… Read More