{"id":18,"date":"2014-10-02T09:50:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T09:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/gentium\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:35:41","slug":"download","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/gentium\/download\/","title":{"rendered":"Download"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Current Version<\/h2>\n Download Now<\/i><\/a>\n
Gentium 7.000 for All Platforms<\/div>\n
ZIP | 14.40 MB | 2 Jun 2025 <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n

Announcement List<\/h2>\n

If you would like stay informed of updates to Gentium and other SIL fonts, please subscribe to the SIL Font News Announcement List<\/a>. For more information see About<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our font announcements are also available through X (formerly Twitter) @silfonts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current Versions<\/h2>\n

The main Gentium package contains the fonts, documentation, webfonts (WOFF and WOFF2) and example files for the Gentium family. Full source archives are available on Github<\/a>. Note that the family name has changed from Gentium Plus<\/em> back to Gentium<\/em>. See below for details of other changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n \n Gentium 7.000 <\/a>\n \n ZIP<\/span> | 14.40 MB<\/span>\n | 2 Jun 2025<\/span>\n <\/span>\n
\n Mac OS, Linux, Windows <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Gentium Book (formerly Gentium Book Plus<\/em>) is now a separate package.<\/p>\n

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\n \n Gentium Book 7.000 <\/a>\n \n ZIP<\/span> | 11.79 MB<\/span>\n | 2 Jun 2025<\/span>\n <\/span>\n
\n Mac OS, Linux, Windows <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

See Version history<\/a> for a list of the changes made in this version of the font. Since the changes for version 7 are so extensive we have summarized the most important ones in Version 7 Changes<\/a>. Please read this before you upgrade from earlier versions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gentium is also available through the TypeTuner Web<\/a> service, which allows you to choose among the smart font features and download a font with those features preset. This enables them to work in many applications that do not fully support OpenType. Please note that the version 7 fonts available through TypeTuner Web no longer offer line spacing alternatives (Normal, Tight, Loose). If you need Tight or Loose variants the version 6.200 fonts remain available and support line spacing alternatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gentium Versions and Variants<\/h2>\n

There are many font families based on the Gentium design, as summarized in this table. Current versions are in bold<\/strong>. Additional information is provided in later sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Font Family<\/th>\nVersions<\/th>\nStatus and use<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Gentium<\/strong><\/td>\n7.000<\/strong><\/td>\nCurrent<\/strong>\u2014recommended for all uses and users<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Book<\/strong><\/td>\n7.000<\/strong><\/td>\nCurrent<\/strong>\u2014slightly heavier-weight family, recommended for all uses and users<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Plus & Gentium Book Plus<\/td>\n1.500\u20136.200<\/td>\nNo longer recommended\u2014please use current version<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Plus Compact & Gentium Book Plus Compact<\/td>\n1.500\u20136.200<\/td>\nFonts with reduced default line spacing\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Plus Literacy & Gentium Book Plus Literacy<\/td>\n1.500\u20136.200<\/td>\nLiteracy variants with alternate a and g forms\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Plus Lit Comp & Gentium Book Plus Lit Comp<\/td>\n1.500\u20136.200<\/td>\nCompact literacy variants\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Plus Lit AmArea & Gentium Book Plus Lit AmArea<\/td>\n1.500\u20136.200<\/td>\nLiteracy variants with AmArea features\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Plus special variant<\/em> & Gentium Book Plus special variant<\/em><\/td>\n5.000\u20136.200<\/td>\nModified versions for special purposes (AmArea, Mali, Tat)\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Plus region subset<\/em> & Gentium Book Plus region subset<\/em><\/td>\n5.000<\/td>\nSubsets for particular regions (Afr, Am, APac, Cyr, CyrE, Eur, Phon, Viet)\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium Basic<\/td>\n1.100\u20131.102<\/td>\nLimited-character-set version based on version 5\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentium & GentiumAlt<\/td>\n1.000\u20131.030<\/td>\nObsolete original fonts from 2005\u2014no longer recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Compact<\/em> versions<\/h3>\n

The Gentium version 7 fonts do not have Compact<\/em> variants. The default line spacing has been reduced to be closer, but not identical, to the previous version\u2019s Compact<\/em> line spacing. Most users should use the version 7 fonts and adjust line spacing explicitly within the application if necessary. If your application does not allow control over line spacing, you can use the version 6.200 Gentium Plus Compact fonts<\/a>, which remain available. If you need any of the new version 7 features or characters, but also need them supported in a compact version please contact us<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special-purpose modified variants<\/h3>\n

Modified versions of the Gentium Plus version 6.200 fonts<\/a> are available that have been \u2018tuned\u2019 to turn on certain features by default. These are available for some regions and include Literacy<\/em> versions. These remain at version 6.200 and have not been updated to Gentium version 7. If you need any of the new features or characters in this version, but also need them supported in the special-purpose modified fonts please contact us<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Version 5 subsets<\/h3>\n

In the past, special subset<\/em> versions of Gentium Plus version 5 were created for specific uses. Those fonts still work and remain available<\/a>. These are limited versions of the fonts that support only the characters needed for a particular area or use. Subsets are available for Africa, Americas, Asia\/Pacific, Europe\/Eurasia, Vietnam, Phonetic, Cyrillic (Basic) and Cyrillic Extended. With the exception of the Phonetic font, the font subsets are intended for orthographic use only. We have not put anything in the other subsets for phonetic, transliteration, or transcription use. For those purposes, use the Phonetic subset. We do not intend to update these fonts, however they may still work. We do not, however, recommend their use. In almost all cases the standard font is a better choice. Font size is less of a concern than it was years ago, particularly with improved compression technologies such as woff2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Versions<\/h2>\n

A detailed list of changes for each version of the fonts is on the Version history page<\/a>. Previous versions can be downloaded from our Previous Versions archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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