Nimbus Mono is a monospaced typeface created by URW Studio in 1984,[1] and eventually released under the GPL and AFPL (as Type 1 font for Ghostscript) in 1996[2][3][4][5] and LPPL in 2009.[6][7][8] In 2017, the font, alongside other Core 35 fonts, has been additionally licensed under the terms of OFL.[9] It features Normal, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic weights, and is one of several freely licensed fonts offered by URW++. Although not exactly the same, Nimbus Mono has metrics and glyphs that are very similar to Courier and Courier New.
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| Category | Monospace |
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| Designer(s) | URW Studio (Adobe Studio); GPL version published also by Valek Fillipov |
| Foundry | URW++ |
| Date released | 1984[1] |
It is one of the Ghostscript fonts, free alternatives to 35 basic PostScript fonts (which include Courier). It is a standard typeface in many Linux distributions.[10][11]
External links edit
- Tex Gyre Cursor is a derivative of Nimbus Mono L with additional glyphs.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Nimbus Mono L". URW++. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ^ 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
- ^ Github.com - 3-licensing (AGPL LPPL OFL), 2017-09-02, retrieved 2021-02-21
- ^ "Fonts and Font Facilities Supplied with Ghostscript". Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Debian package - gsfonts". Retrieved 2010-04-21.
External links edit
- Nimbus Mono L - commercial version
- Nimbus Mono L on MyFonts
- Ghostscript Git - URW fonts (Type 1, OTF and TTF)
- Ghostscript changelog (includes changes in Ghostscript Nimbus fonts)
- Fonts and font facilities supplied with Ghostscript