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Port details

x11-fonts/gentium 7.000

Gentium TrueType font collection

Port info

Maintainer
matthew@FreeBSD.org
Packages
latest: 7.000
Upstream
up to date
Last update
to 7.000 · 18eb7c8492
Quarterly
2026Q4: 7.000
Formerly
x11-fonts/gentium-plus until 2025-06-10
WWW
https://software.sil.org/gentium/
Links
cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data

Install

Package
# pkg install Gentium
installs 7.000 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) 7.000
Port
# cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/gentium && make install clean
# make -C /usr/ports/x11-fonts/gentium config  # change options first
Size
3.1 MiB download · 10 MiB installed
Depends on
x11-fonts/fontconfig 2.18.3,1, x11-fonts/mkfontscale 1.2.4
License
OFL11
Options
1 of 1 on in the package: DOCS
pkg-message
Shown after installing
To use these fonts, add the following line to the "Files" section of
xorg.conf:

	FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/Gentium/"

Users of older versions of X may additionally have to make sure that
the freetype module is loaded.  Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for error
messages.  If freetype is required, add the following line to the
"Modules" section of xorg.conf:

	Load "freetype"

Packages by version and architecture

latest

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 167.0007.000–
FreeBSD 157.0007.000–
FreeBSD 147.0007.0007.000

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 157.0007.000–
FreeBSD 147.0007.0007.000

version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.

Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)

No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by pkg audit for the packaged version 7.000.

Fixed (0)

No VuXML entries for this package.

Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first

None.

Commits (37)

Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 7.000
x11-fonts/gentium: Rename x11-fonts/gentium-plus, update to 7.00

Gentium-7.000 is a major update of the Gentium font family.  Gentium
Plus has been renamed to Gentium, and Gentium Book Plus has been
renamed to Gentium Book, and is now supplied as a separate font
package.

See https://software.sil.org/gentium/history/ and
https://software.sil.org/gentium/download/

Changes:	https://software.sil.org/gentium/v7changes/
Reported by:	repology
18eb7c8492
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 6.200 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
x11-fonts/gentium-plus: update to 6.200

Changes:	https://software.sil.org/gentium/gentium-plus-release-6-200/
d90b32978e
Stefan Eßer (se) · 6.001 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Remove WWW entries moved into port Makefiles

Commit b7f05445c00f has added WWW entries to port Makefiles based on
WWW: lines in pkg-descr files.

This commit removes the WWW: lines of moved-over URLs from these
pkg-descr files.

Approved by:		portmgr (tcberner)
fb16dfecae
Stefan Eßer (se) · 6.001 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Add WWW entries to port Makefiles

It has been common practice to have one or more URLs at the end of the
ports' pkg-descr files, one per line and prefixed with "WWW:". These
URLs should point at a project website or other relevant resources.

Access to these URLs required processing of the pkg-descr files, and
they have often become stale over time. If more than one such URL was
present in a pkg-descr file, only the first one was tarnsfered into
the port INDEX, but for many ports only the last line did contain the
port specific URL to further information.

There have been several proposals to make a project URL available as
a macro in the ports' Makefiles, over time.

This commit implements such a proposal and moves one of the WWW: entries
of each pkg-descr file into the respective port's Makefile. A heuristic
attempts to identify the most relevant URL in case there is more than
one WWW: entry in some pkg-descr file. URLs that are not moved into the
Makefile are prefixed with "See also:" instead of "WWW:" in the pkg-descr
files in order to preserve them.

There are 1256 ports that had no WWW: entries in pkg-descr files. These
ports will not be touched in this commit.

The portlint port has been adjusted to expect a WWW entry in each port
Makefile, and to flag any remaining "WWW:" lines in pkg-descr files as
deprecated.

Approved by:		portmgr (tcberner)
b7f05445c0
Tobias C. Berner (tcberner) · 6.001 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
x11-fonts: remove 'Created by' lines

A big Thank You to the original contributors of these ports:

  *  Aaron Dalton <aaron@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Alexey Illarionov <littlesavage@rambler.ru>
  *  Andreas Kohn <andreas@syndrom23.de>
  *  Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Ashish Shukla <wahjava@gmail.com>
  *  Babak Farrokhi <babak@farrokhi.net>
  *  Björn König <bkoenig@alpha-tierchen.de>
  *  Brett Taylor
  *  Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at>
  *  Dejan Lesjak <lesi@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Dennis Herrmann <adox@mcx2.org>
  *  Dominic Marks <dominic.marks@btinternet.com>
  *  Dryice Liu <dryice@liu.com.cn>
  *  Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Eric Anholt <anholt@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Florian Limberger <flo@snakeoilproductions.net>
  *  Guerkan Senguen <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>
  *  Gvozdikov Veniamin <g.veniamin@googlemail.com>
  *  Herbert J. Skuhra <herbert.skuhra@gmx.at>
  *  Horia Racoviceanu <horia@racoviceanu.com>
  *  Ilya A. Arkhipov <rum1cro@yandex.ru>
  *  Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com>
  *  Jordan Irwin <antumdeluge@gmail.com>
  *  KOMATSU Shinichiro
  *  Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@daemon.gr>
  *  Koop Mast <kwm@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Kuan-Chung Chiu <buganini@gmail.com>
  *  Leland Wang <llwang@infor.org>
  *  Lowell Gilbert <lgfbsd@be-well.ilk.org>
  *  Manuel Giraud <manuel.giraud@gmail.com>
  *  Marcin Cieslak <saper@SYSTEM.PL>
  *  Masaki TAGAWA <masaki@club.kyutech.ac.jp>
  *  Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Matt Lancereau <matt@rimasec.net>
  *  Matthew Seaman
  *  Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Michael Hsin <mhsin@mhsin.org>
  *  Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org>
  *  NAKATA, Maho <maho@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Naresh Venkateshappa <nareshov@gmail.com>
  *  Norberto Lopes <nlopes.ml@gmail.com>
  *  Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de>
  *  Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier@gmail.com>
  *  Pawel Worach
  *  Pedro Giffuni
  *  Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net>
  *  Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@anongoth.pl>
  *  Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Rusmir Dusko <nemysis@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Satoshi TAOKA <taoka@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Sunpoet Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Thierry Thomas <thierry@pompo.net>
  *  Winston Weinert <winstonw@lavabit.com>
  *  Yoshihiko Sarumaru <mistral@imasy.or.jp>
  *  Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com>
  *  arrowd <6yearold@gmail.com>
  *  bf <bf@FreeBSD.org>
  *  dburr@FreeBSD.org
  *  erich@FreeBSD.org
  *  giffunip@asme.org
  *  heiner Eichmann <h.eichmann@gmx.de>
  *  mi@aldan.algebra.com
  *  nork@FreeBSD.org
  *  past@ebs.gr
  *  trevor

With hat:	portmgr
8d4fe7cd07
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 6.001 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
x11-fonts/gentium-plus: update to 6.001

ChangeLog:	https://software.sil.org/gentium/release-6-001-quick-fix/
544f3c1a3b
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 6.000 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
x11-fonts/gentium-plus: update to 6.000

Changes: https://software.sil.org/gentium/release-6-000/
8a58bfbff8
Niclas Zeising (zeising) · 5.000_1 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
x11-fonts/mkfontscale: Update to 1.2.0

Update x11-fonts/mkfontscale to 1.2.0
Remove x11-fonts/mkfontdir, which has been merged into mkfontscale.
Update dependencies and bump portrevisions.
Add an entry to UPDATING and MOVES

Changelog:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2019-March/059633.html

Thanks to Antoine for the exp-run!

PR:		236336 (exp-run)
Obtained from:	FreeBSD Graphics Team dev repo
		https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-ports/tree/feature/mkfontscale
Sponsored by:	B3 Init
7a325e6491
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 5.000 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Update to account for upstream's website reorganization   - new DISTFILE location   - new WWW link in pkg-descr   - while here, recreate distinfo to add timestamp and     reformat a long line

Reported by:	pi
005972049e
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 5.000 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Update to 5.000

Changes: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=Gentium_download#2e93c7c7
65b952153e
Emanuel Haupt (ehaupt) · 1.510_1 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
According to the Porter's Handbook (5.12.2.3.) default options must be added to OPTIONS_DEFINE. This policy has been implemented only recently that's why we have many ports violating this policy.

This patch adds the default options specified in the Porter's Handbook to
OPTIONS_DEFINE where they are being used. Ports maintained by
gnome@FreeBSD.org, kde@FreeBSD.org and x11@FreeBSD.org have been excluded.

Approved by:    portmgr (bapt)
5005b67362
Bryan Drewery (bdrewery) · 1.510_1 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
- Chase r336083 and bump all ports using NO_ARCH so that users building   their own packages and still on pkg 1.1.4 can upgrade.

With hat:	portmgr
77197dd811
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 1.510 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Mark all my architecture independent ports using shell/perl/PHP as NO_ARCH=yes

While here, fix a few other niggles:

net/phpldapadmin -- remove indefinite article from COMMENT

www/p5-RT* -- fix comments referencing the different versions of RT

x11-fonts/gentium-{basic,plus} -- mention ${STAGEDIR} explicitly in the
  install targets; rework the handling of ${FONTPATH}
08f342435d
Thomas Abthorpe (tabthorpe) · 1.510 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
- Update LICENSE accordingly, now that OFL10 and OFL11 are defined

With hat:	portmgr
1d1f94afe7
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 1.510 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat: x11-fonts)
8370206e3b
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 1.510 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Fix usage of the license framework, so that packaging can happen and the ports not be considered as restricted

Reported by:	pkg-fallout
597f8e5f36
Matthew Seaman (matthew)
Belatedly commit removal of the original x11-fonts/gentium which was moved to x11-fonts/gentium-plus in r308966

Submitted by:	linimon
0086deaf3c
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 1.510 · as x11-fonts/gentium-plus
Rework the gentium and gentium-basic font ports   - Rename gentium to gentium-plus tracking upstream changes   - Use the generic facilities provided in bsd.xorg.mk for handling     font installation, rather than rolling our own.  This allows     removing files/fonts.dir from both ports.   - Add LICENSE, and so modify pkg-message not to mention licensing   - Use PLIST_FILES and PORTDOCS rather than
9183a5e528
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 1.0.2_3
- Convert all my remaining ports to OPTIONSng   Files	  affected:

databases/mysql-connector-java/Makefile
    databases/phpmyadmin/Makefile
    mail/sa-utils/Makefile
    net/phpldapadmin/Makefile
    security/apg/Makefile
    textproc/sphinxsearch/Makefile
    www/p5-RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/Makefile
    www/p5-RT-Extension-LDAPImport/Makefile
    www/p5-RT-Extension-SLA/Makefile
    www/p5-RTx-Calendar/Makefile
    www/rt40/Makefile
    www/rt40/Makefile.cpan
    x11-fonts/gentium/Makefile
    x11-fonts/gentium-basic/Makefile

Approved by:	shaun (mentor)
ce2305af67
Matthew Seaman (matthew) · 1.0.2_3
Update maintainer address to matthew@FreeBSD.org

Approved by:	shaun (mentor)
23c0a81f8a
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 1.0.2_3
- Get Rid MD5 support
a9481afc8a
Pav Lucistnik (pav) · 1.0.2_3
- Update pkg-message

PR:		ports/135648
Submitted by:	Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> (maintainer)
957fee70b0
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 1.0.2_3
- Remove unneeded dependency from gtk12/gtk20 [1] - Remove USE_XLIB/USE_X_PREFIX/USE_XPM in favor of USE_XORG - Remove X11BASE support in favor of LOCALBASE or PREFIX - Use USE_LDCONFIG instead of INSTALLS_SHLIB - Remove unneeded USE_GCC 3.4+

Thanks to all Helpers:
	Dmitry Marakasov, Chess Griffin, beech@, dinoex, rafan, gahr,
	ehaupt, nox, itetcu, flz, pav

PR:		116263
Tested on:	pointyhat
Approved by:	portmgr (pav)
3e4ed01146
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 1.0.2_3
- Remove USE_XLIB/USE_X_PREFIX/USE_XPM in favor of USE_XORG - Bump PORTREVISION

Approved by:	portmgr (xorg cleanup)
270a2cb06b
Florent Thoumie (flz) · 1.0.2_2
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/. - Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}. - Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
d4f0d0048a
Pav Lucistnik (pav) · 1.0.2_1
- Use ../etc/fonts/conf.d mechanism for font config - General cleanup

PR:		ports/102007
Submitted by:	Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> (maintainer)
b6eaf8156b
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 1.0.2
[maintainer] x11-fonts/gentium -- upgrade to 1.0.2

Gentium has been re-released under a new, more liberal
	license.  The Sil OFL (Open Font License) claims to be fully
	FLOSS compliant, and means that the restriction against
	including this port on a CDROM can be dropped.

	    http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=OFL

	In addition, the authors of this font seem to have managed
	to change just about everything it is possible to change
	about their download tarball with the notable exception of
	the actual font glyphs...

	Note to committer:
	gentium/pkg-message has moved to gentium/files/pkg-message.in

	Also no more need for an entry in /usr/ports/LEGAL for this port.

PR:		ports/89930
Submitted by:	Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
4609f887f4
Thierry Thomas (thierry) · 1.0.1
Add gentium 1.0.1, gentium TrueType font collection.

PR:		65044
Submitted by:	Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Approved by:	mat (mentor)
0e1068684b