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Encyclopedia > Bitstream Vera
The classic sentence using Vera Sans.
The classic sentence using Vera Sans.

Vera is a typeface (font) with a liberal license. It was designed by Jim Lyles from Bitstream, and is closely based on Bitstream's Prima, for which Lyles was also responsible. It is a TrueType font with full hinting instructions, which improve its rendering quality on low-resolution devices such as computer monitors. Image File history File links Bitstream_Vera_Sans. ... Image File history File links Bitstream_Vera_Sans. ... An example of the phrase being used to display fonts. ... For the origin and evolution of fonts, see History of western typography. ... It has been suggested that Licensing (strategic alliance) be merged into this article or section. ... Bitstream Inc. ... TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. ... TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. ...


Although Vera itself covers only common punctuation and the Latin alphabet with some diacritics, its license allows others to make and distribute derivative works with some restrictions, and the DejaVu fonts project is expanding it with additional glyphs. The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... The DejaVu fonts are modifications of the Bitstream Vera fonts. ... variant glyphs representing the character a (allographs of a) in the Zapfino typeface. ...


Vera consists of serif, sans-serif and monospace fonts, as follows:
In typography, serifs are non-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. ... In typography, serifs are the small features at the end of strokes within letters. ... In typography, a typeface is a co-ordinated set of character designs, which usually comprises an alphabet of letters, a set of numerals and a set of punctuation marks. ...

Currently, the DejaVu fonts — a derivative of Bitstream Vera — are gaining the role as default fonts in GNU/Linux. Image File history File links BitstreamVera. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ...


Bitstream Vera Sans was enabled by default in Vista and XP.


See also

Bitstream Cyberbit is a commercial Unicode font designed by Bitstream. ... The DejaVu fonts are modifications of the Bitstream Vera fonts. ... Titus Cyberbit Basic is a Unicode font designed by Bitstream and the TITUS (Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien) for Unicode 4. ... This is a list of typefaces. ... Unicode fonts (also known as UCS fonts, Unicode Typefaces and Typefaces) contains wide range of characters, letters, digits, glyphs, symbols, etc, which are collectively mapped into Universal Character Set, also known as, UCS (which is an international standard ISO/IEC 10646), derived from many different languages from all around the...

External links

  • Bitstream Vera
  • Download
  • License
  • Mailing list about free fonts
  • DejaVu fonts project
  • Bitstream Vera in postscript format

  Results from FactBites:
 
Jonathon Delacour: Bitstream Vera? Not for me, thanks! (1045 words)
I wish the Bitstream Vera (download) family would spread beyond the Linux crowd; not hard, considering it’s free in both senses.
I’d downloaded the Bitstream Vera family a while ago (from the Gnome site) but hadn’t got around to installing the fonts.
It doesn't look like any of the Bitstream Vera fonts _have_ a u-macron or o-macron character, or any of the rest of Latin Extended-A. What you see in Firefox and Safari is the result of font substitution.
Articles (2238 words)
The Bitstream Vera license, the starting point for most free font licenses, is several years old.
The Bitstream Vera license, for example, specifically prevents derivatives from using the words "Bitstream" or "Vera." "It is not enough for a designer to have the ability to disclaim any derivative that they don't like," says Victor Gaultney, one of the writers of the SIL Open Font license.
Today, the Bitstream Vera license is used by a number of other free fonts, including the Vera derivative Bera.
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