Nimbus Roman No. 9 L Explained

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

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] and LPPL in 2009. 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).^{[4] [5]}

It is a standard typeface in many Linux distributions.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Nimbus Mono L
• Nimbus Sans L
• Free software Unicode typefaces

External links

• URW++ Homepage
• URW++ Nimbus Roman - commercial version
• URW++ Nimbus Roman Global - commercial version
• URW++ Nimbus Roman No. 9 - 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nimbus Roman . https://archive.today/20121218013716/http://www.urwpp.de/cgi-bin1/dalcgi/source/fontliste0.htd?sprache=english&auswahl=-1&bInfoSta=$false&bInfoDes=$true&fontnummer=n020003d&o2pb-id=wd3bbc0077da97a92c9987dbeae12bccd5a861fbdec . dead . 2012-12-18 . . 2010-05-06 .
2. Web site: Nimbus Roman No. 9 L . URW++ . 2010-05-06 .
3. Web site: Fonts and TeX . 2009-12-19 . 2010-05-06.
4. Web site: Fonts and font facilities supplied with Ghostscript . 2010-04-21.
5. Web site: Linux fonts (mostly X11) . 2009-08-15 . 2010-04-21.
6. Web site: Ghostscript SVN - URW fonts . 2010-04-21.
7. Web site: Debian package - gsfonts . 2010-04-21.