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Gentium Book Plus vs Gentium

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Gentium Book Plus

6.0
Media & Design

Gentium

8.0
Media & Design

Metric Gentium Book Plus Gentium
Category Media & Design Media & Design
AI Score 6.0 8.0
30-day Installs 5 11
90-day Installs 13 26
365-day Installs 64 139
Version latest 7.000
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 98
GitHub Forks 6
Open Issues 15
License OFL-1.1
Language Python
Last GitHub Commit 2mo ago
First Seen May 15, 2024 Jun 4, 2025

Reviews

Gentium Book Plus

Gentium Book Plus is a high-quality serif font designed for academic and editorial purposes, offering excellent readability for long texts. It's ideal for professionals needing a modern, versatile typeface for their work.

Installs the Gentium Book Plus font system-wide for use in various applications.

Pros

  • + High-quality design suitable for academic and editorial work
  • + Free and open-source, provided by Google Fonts
  • + Good readability for long-form text

Cons

  • - No automatic updates, requiring manual checks
  • - Limited community engagement and discussion

Gentium

Gentium is a comprehensive font family designed for languages using Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts, offering extensive character support and typographic features. It's ideal for linguists, publishers, and anyone needing precise multilingual typography.

Gentium is a font that supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts with extensive typographic features.

Pros

  • + Extensive support for multiple scripts and typographic features
  • + Open-source under the OFL-1.1 license
  • + Actively maintained with regular updates

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature
  • - Some open issues related to typographic details