Gentium Book Basic vs Gentium Book Plus
Text set in Gentium Book Basic takes almost exactly the same space in Gentium Book Plus. Swapping one for the other in a document keeps the same line breaks.
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| Gentium Book Basic | Gentium Book Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Serif | Serif |
| Weights | Regular, Bold | Regular, Bold |
| Italics | Yes | Yes |
| Variable font | No | No |
| Average lowercase width | 480.3 | 479.4 |
| Digits | tabular | tabular |
| Character sets | 2 | 7 |
| Licence | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
Weights both families offer: Regular, Bold.
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Questions people ask
+Is Gentium Book Plus a good replacement for Gentium Book Basic?
Text set in Gentium Book Basic takes almost exactly the same space in Gentium Book Plus. Swapping one for the other in a document keeps the same line breaks. Their mean width difference is 1.5 units per 1000 em (nearly identical widths).
+Which is wider, Gentium Book Basic or Gentium Book Plus?
They are the same width on average.
+Do both support the same languages?
Both cover Latin, Central European. Only Gentium Book Plus has Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Vietnamese.
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