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Gemunu Libre is the unicode compliant version of the popular Sinhala typeface FM Gemunu and includes and Latin support as well. This font family has been improved in many ways than its former design (FM Gemunu) during the unicode adaptation process by acquiring more breathing space, bigger counters and smooth uniformity in curves.
Gemunu Libre is the Unicode release of the popular Sinhala typeface FM Gemunu.
With 7 weights from ExtraLight to ExtraBold, each weight has complete Sinhala support, and includes a new Latin typeface for easy bilingual typesetting.
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What sets Gemunu Libre apart from all the other Sinhala typefaces currently in use is the distinctive smooth and square edge, which was perfected whilst completely redrawing the set of characters in order to cater to the requirements of web and screens. Gemunu Libre comes in 7 weights from Extra Light to Extra Bold, and each weight contains the complete Sinhala script and a matching Latin characters.
This new libre version has many small improvements and adjustments, made during the unicode adaptation process.
More breathing space was introduced with bigger counters and smooth uniformity in the curves.
The distinctive smooth curves and square edges set Gemunu Libre apart from all other Sinhala typefaces currently in use.
This was perfected by completely redrawing each glyph.
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The project is led by <a href="http://mooniak.com/">MooniakTypes</a> in collaboration with Pushpananda Ekanayake. Latin set designed by Sol Matas. Initial development and release was funded by Google Fonts in 2015. See the project <a href="http://mooniak.com/gemunu-libre-font/">page</a> for more information and rodemap. Project sources are hosted and developed on <a href="https://github.com/mooniak/gemunu-libre-font/">Github</a> and Mooniak welcomes suggestions and contributions to the development. Report any bugs and issues in the <a href="https://github.com/mooniak/gemunu-libre-font/issues">Github</a> issue tracker.
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This project is led by Mooniak, a foundry in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Mooniak collaborated with Pushpananda Ekanayake, who designed FM Gemunu, and Sol Matas who designed the Latin typeface.
To learn more, visit <a href="https://github.com/mooniak/gemunu-libre-font">github.com/mooniak/gemunu-libre-font</a>
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designer: "Mooniak"
license: "OFL"
category: "SANS_SERIF"
date_added: "2017-02-17"
date_added: "2017-05-29"
fonts {
name: "Gemunu Libre"
style: "normal"