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-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/alif-type/libertinus.svg?branch=main)](https://travis-ci.com/alif-type/libertinus)
+# Libertinus Font Family
-Libertinus fonts
-================
+[![Fontship Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/alerque/libertinus/Fontship?label=Fontship&logo=Github)](https://github.com/alerque/libertinus/actions?workflow=Fontship)
-![Sample of Libertinus fonts](preview.svg)
+![Sample of Libertinus Font Family](preview.svg)
-The Libertinus fonts project is a fork of the [Linux Libertine][1] and Linux
-Biolinum fonts. It started as an OpenType math companion of the Libertine font
-family, and has grown to a full fork to address some of the bugs in the fonts.
-Thanks to Frédéric Wang for coming up with the name Libertinus.
+The Libertinus family consists of:
-Libertinus was forked from the [5.3.0 (2012-07-02) release][2] of Linux
-Libertine fonts.
+* **Libertinus Serif**: forked from *Linux Libertine*.
+* **Libertinus Sans**: forked from *Linux Biolinum*.
+* **Libertinus Mono**: forked from *Linux Libertine Mono*.
+* **Libertinus Math**: an OpenType math font for use in OpenType math-capable applications (such as LuaTeX, XeTeX, or MS Word 2007+).
-The family consists of:
+## Download
-* Libertinus Serif: forked from *Linux Libertine*.
-* Libertinus Sans: forked from *Linux Biolinum*.
-* Libertinus Mono: forked from *Linux Libertine Mono*.
-* Libertinus Math: an OpenType math font for use in OpenType math-capable
- applications (like LuaTeX, XeTeX or MS Word 2007+).
+Downloads containing all the font files and documentation can be found on the [Releases][3] page of the project on GitHub.
-Libertinus fonts are available under the terms of the Open Font License version
-1.1.
+*Note*: This repository's default branch has been filtered after the v6.12 release to remove all of the binary OTF and other generated files from the commit history.
+If you are cloning this repository just for the sources and don't wish to download ~300MB worth of every font version released, please add `--single-branch` to your Git clone command.
-A zip file containing the font files can be downloaded from the “[Releases][3]”
-page of the project on GitHub.
+## Contributing
-See the [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) file
-for instructions on how to build the fonts and contribute any changes.
+Community contributions are welcome.
+See the file [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions on how to build the fonts and contribute changes.
+
+## History
+
+The Libertinus font project began as a fork of the [Linux Libertine][1] and Linux Biolinum fonts.
+Libertinus was forked from the [5.3.0 (2012-07-02) release][2] of Linux Libertine fonts.
+The original impetus was to add an OpenType math companion to the Libertine font family.
+Over time it grew into to a full-fledged fork addressing many of the bugs in the Libertine fonts.
+
+Hat-tip to [Frédéric Wang][fred-wang] for coming up with the name "Libertinus".
+
+Thanks to [Khaled Hosny][khaledhosny] who was the primary contributor and maintainer from 2012–2020.
+If you like this font please thank and even consider sponsoring him!
+
+In 2020, Khaled passed the role of maintainer on to [Caleb Maclennan][alerque].
+
+## License
+
+All fonts in the Libertinus family are available under the terms of the Open Font License, version 1.1.
+See the file [OFL.txt](OFL.txt) for details.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine
[2]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxlibertine/files/linuxlibertine/
-[3]: https://github.com/alif-type/libertinus/releases
+[3]: https://github.com/alerque/libertinus/releases
+[khaledhosny]: https://github.com/khaledhosny
+[alerque]: https://github.com/alerque
+[fred-wang]: https://github.com/fred-wang