Author's note
Gentium Plus by J. Victor Gaultney, Annie Olsen, and Iska Routamaa of SIL International is a free serif font with poised, bookish proportions. Its pronounced thick-thin strokes, gently flared serifs, and open shapes recall traditional text faces. Curves are generous and finely cut.
Publishing is its clearest home: book interiors, literary magazines, and cultural programs benefit from its calm authority. For museum branding and classical music posters, the same measured contrast connects contemporary design with scholarly subjects.
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Basic Latin (95)
Latin-1 Supplement (95)
Latin Extended-A (128)
Latin Extended-B (208)
IPA Extensions (96)
Spacing Modifier Letters (80)
Combining Diacritical Marks (107)
Greek (120)
Cyrillic (220)
Cyrillic Supplement (40)
Phonetic Extensions (128)
Latin Extended Additional (256)
Greek Extended (233)
General Punctuation (40)
Superscripts and Subscripts (34)
Currency Symbols (22)
Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols (5)
Letterlike Symbols (5)
Number Forms (54)
Arrows (19)
Mathematical Operators (21)
Miscellaneous Technical (29)
Control Pictures (1)
Geometric Shapes (2)
Dingbats (2)
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A (2)
Latin Extended-C (30)
Modifier Tone Letters (32)
Latin Extended-D (38)
Alphabetic Presentation Forms (5)
Combining Half Marks (4)
Specials (1)
Private Use Area (229)
Phonetic Extensions Supplement (64)
Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement (14)
Basic font information
Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2003-2011, SIL International (http://scripts.sil.org/)
Font family
Gentium Plus
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
SILInternational: Gentium Plus: 2011
Full font name
Gentium Plus
Name table version
Version 1.508; 2011; Maintenance release
Postscript font name
GentiumPlus
Trademark notice
Gentium is a trademark of SIL International.
Manufacturer name
SIL International
Designer
J. Victor Gaultney, Annie Olsen, Iska Routamaa
Extended font information
Platforms supported
Platform Encoding
Unicode Unicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
Macintosh Roman
Microsoft Unicode BMP only
Microsoft Unicode full repertoire
Font details
Created 2010-08-20
Revision 1
Glyph count 5586
Units per Em 2048
Embedding rights Embedding for permanent installation
Family class Transitional serifs
Weight Medium (normal)
Width Medium (normal)
Mac style Bold
Direction Only strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern nature Regular
Pitch Not monospaced
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Accents (partial) Accents (full) Euro
GentiumPlus-I.ttf