Nimbus Roman is a serif typeface created by URW Studio in 1982.[1]
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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 |
| Variations | URW Heisei Mincho |
| Website | www |
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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Nimbus Roman". URW++. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ^ "Nimbus Roman No. 9 L". URW++. Retrieved 2010-05-06.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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, 1996-06-28, archived from the original (TAR.GZ) on 2011-04-24, retrieved 2010-05-06
- ^ ghostscript-fonts-std-6.0.tar.gz - GhostScript 6.0 standard fonts - GPL license, 1999-12-22, archived from the original (TAR.GZ) on 2011-04-24, 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
edit- URW++ Homepage Archived 2015-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- URW++ Nimbus Roman - commercial version
- URW++ Nimbus Roman Global Archived 2018-05-30 at the Wayback Machine - commercial version
- URW++ Nimbus Roman No. 9 Archived 2018-05-30 at the Wayback Machine - commercial version
- URW++ Nimbus Roman No. 9 L - commercial version
- Ghostscript Git - URW fonts (Type 1, OTF and TTF 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)