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@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-This is the README for libertine, version 5.3.0 (2012-12-02).
+This is the README for libertine, version 5.3.0 (2012-12-07).
This package provides support for use of the Linux Libertine and Linux
-Biolinum families of fonts with LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, xeLaTeX and luaLaTeX.
-It is intended to replace several existing packages (libertine-type1,
-biolinum-type1, libertine) and should provide partial compatibilty with
-the obsolete libertineotf and libertine-legacy packages.
+Biolinum families of fonts with LaTeX. Most features are usable with
+LaTeX and dvips, pdfLaTeX, xeLaTeX and luaLaTeX, but some features are
+only usable with xeLaTeX or luaLaTeX. This package compatibly replaces
+several earlier packages (libertine-type1, biolinum-type1, libertine)
+and should provide partial compatibility with the obsolete libertineotf
+and libertine-legacy packages.
To install this package on a TDS-compliant TeX system unzip the
file /install/fonts/libertine.tds.zip at the root of an appropriate
@@ -16,10 +18,12 @@ For most purposes, simply add
\usepackage{libertine}
-to the preamble of your document. This will activate Libertine as
-the main (serifed) text font and Biolinum as the sans font. It is
+to the preamble of your document. This will activate Libertine as the
+main (serifed) text font and Biolinum as the sans font. Use the mono (or
+tt) option to also activate LibertineMono as the monospaced font. It is
recommended that the font encoding be set to T1 or LY1, but the default
-OT1 encoding is also supported. Available shapes in all series include:
+OT1 encoding is also supported. Available shapes in all series (except
+tt) include:
it italic
sc small caps
@@ -30,11 +34,11 @@ automatically substituted. The exception is the bold series of Biolinum,
for which a designed italic is not currently available. An artificially
slanted variant has been generated and treated as if it were italic.
-To activate Libertine without Biolinum, use the libertine (or rm)
-option. Similarly, to activate Biolinum without Libertine use the
-biolinum (or sf) option. To use Biolinum as the main text font (as
-well as the sans font), use the option sfdefault (which redefines
-\familydefault, not \rmdefault).
+To activate Libertine (without Biolinum or LibertineMono), use the
+libertine (or rm) option. Similarly, to activate Biolinum (without
+Libertine or LibertineMono), use the biolinum (or sf or ss) option. To
+use Biolinum as the main text font (as well as the sans font), use the
+option sfdefault (which redefines \familydefault, not \rmdefault).
For more advanced usage, please see the libertine.pdf document.
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ distribution or at
http://www.linuxlibertine.org/
-The Glyph and KeyCap support was taken from the original libertine
+The Glyph and KeyCap support was adapted from the original libertine
package by Michael Niedermair.
Three of the Libertine fonts were modified by Michael Sharpe (msharpe at