1 Summary: Gentium (a typeface for the nations) - TrueType Fonts
2 Name: fonts-TTF-Gentium
5 License: Freeware - non-commercial, see COPYING
7 Vendor: SIL International
8 Source0: fonts-ttf-gentium-%{version}.tar.bz2
9 # Source0-md5: eacf8964738c130fdb8874ba419a6b58
10 URL: http://scripts.sil.org/
11 Requires: fontpostinst
13 BuildRoot: %{tmpdir}/%{name}-%{version}-root-%(id -u -n)
15 %define ttffontsdir %{_fontsdir}/TTF
18 Gentium ("belonging to the nations" in Latin) is a Unicode typeface family
19 designed to enable the many diverse ethnic groups around the world who use
20 the Latin script to produce readable, high-quality publications. It supports
21 a wide range of Latin-based alphabets and includes glyphs that correspond to
22 all the Latin ranges of Unicode.
24 The design is intended to be highly readable, reasonably compact, and
25 visually attractive. The additional 'extended' Latin letters are designed to
26 naturally harmonize with the traditional 26 ones. Diacritics are treated
27 with careful thought and attention to their use. Gentium also supports both
28 ancient and modern Greek, including a number of alternate forms.
30 GentiumAlt is an alternate font with flatter diacritics, specifically
31 designed for languages using multiple accents. A Cyrillic version is
32 under development and will be added in the near future. Preliminary work has
33 also begun on additional weights and manual hinting, and a complementary
34 sans-serif face is in embryonic form.
36 The Gentium font family has received various awards from the publishing and
39 For more details visit the SIL Computing and Writing Systems website:
40 http://scripts.sil.org/
44 %setup -q -n fonts-ttf-gentium-%{version}
47 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
48 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{ttffontsdir}
50 install *.ttf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{ttffontsdir}
53 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
62 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
63 %doc README COPYING INSTALL FAQ QUOTES THANKS HISTORY CHANGELOG Gentium*.pdf