Gentium Plus

2 weights • Version 2 • On Google Fonts since 2022 • Popularity #762

Quick Summary

Styles · incl. italic

400-700

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

Languages / Subsets

About Gentium Plus Fonts

Gentium Plus is the new version of the two reduced character set families, Gentium Basic and Gentium Book Basic. Those 'Basic' families only cover a limited range of Latin, and none of Gentium Plus's Ext Latin, Cyrillic, or Greek (both modern and ancient).

Gentium Plus now extends the same 8 styles/weights of the previous Gentium Basic and to the full character set, packaged as two R B I BI families: Gentium Plus and Gentium Book Plus (also on github).

This update brings many other improvements, including a very significant improvement in hinting for Windows users and WOFF2 versions. These fonts cover a far greater character set than the Gentium Basic, so are larger, but since GF subsets the difference won't affect users.

The Gentium Book Plus family is very similar but has a slightly darker weight.

To contribute, see github.com/silnrsi/font-gentium.

Who Designed Gentium Plus?

SIL International

SIL International works with local communities to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life. A small team specializes in developing fonts for world scripts including Arabic, Burmese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Greek, Gunjala Gondi, Hebrew, Latin, Lepcha, Miao, New Tai Lue, Tai Viet, Tifinagh, and Yi.

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