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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Transitional |
| Designer(s) | URW Studio; (Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent); GPL published also by Valek Fillipov |
| Foundry | URW++ |
| Date released | 1982 (1931)[1] |
| Design based on | Times New Roman |
| Variations | URW Heisei Mincho |
| Website | www |
Nimbus Roman is a serif typeface created by URW Studio in 1982.[1]
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][4][5][6] and LPPL in 2009.[7][8][9] 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).[10][11]
It is a standard typeface in many Linux distributions.[12][13]
