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| Category | Sans-serif |
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| Classification | Humanist |
| Designer | Jim Lyles |
| Foundry | Bitstream Inc. |
| Date created | 2001 |
| License | Commercial;open-source |
| Also known as | Bera |
Vera is a digitaltypeface (computer font)superfamily with a liberallicense. It was designed by Jim Lyles from the now-defunctBitstream Inc. type foundry, and it is closely based on Bitstream Prima, for which Lyles was also responsible. It is aTrueType font with fullhinting instructions, which improve its rendering quality on low-resolution devices such as computer monitors. The font has also been repackaged as aType 1 PostScript font, calledBera, forLaTeX users.[1]
Vera consists ofserif,sans-serif, andmonospace fonts. The Bitstream Vera Sans Mono typeface in particular is suitable for technical work, as it clearly distinguishes "l" (lowercase L) from "1" (one) and "I" (uppercase i), and "0" (zero) from "O" (uppercase o), in similar fashion asVerdana andTahoma fonts.
Bitstream Vera Sans is also the default font used by thePython libraryMatplotlib to produce plots.[2]
Bitstream Vera itself coversBasic Latin andLatin 1-Supplement letters. It comprises only 300glyphs.
Bitstream Vera was released in 2003 with generous licensing terms and minimal restrictions that are nearly identical to those found in theOpen Font License, which was not formalized until two years later. The main restrictions were a prohibition on reselling the fonts as a standalone product (though selling as part of a software package is acceptable), and that anyderivative fonts not be distributed under the name "Vera" or use the Bitstream trademark.
TheDejaVu fonts are a prominent expansion of the Bitstream Vera fonts.
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