Nimbus_Roman

Nimbus Roman No. 9 L

Nimbus Roman No. 9 L

Serif typeface


Nimbus Roman is a serif typeface created by URW Studio in 1982.[1]

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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]

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References

  1. "Nimbus Roman". URW++. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  2. "Nimbus Roman No. 9 L". URW++. Retrieved 2010-05-06.[permanent dead link]
  3. "Fonts and TeX". 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. "Linux fonts (mostly X11)". 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  7. "Ghostscript SVN - URW fonts". Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  8. "Debian package - gsfonts". Retrieved 2010-04-21.

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