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dskripchenko/php-pdf-fonts-liberation
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Liberation font family bundle for dskripchenko/php-pdf. Metric-compatible with Arial / Times New Roman / Courier New. SIL OFL 1.1 fonts + MIT wrapper.

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dskripchenko/php-pdf-fonts-liberation
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[](#dskripchenkophp-pdf-fonts-liberation)

Liberation font family bundle for [`dskripchenko/php-pdf`](https://github.com/dskripchenko/php-pdf) — ships 12 TTFs (Sans / Serif / Mono × Regular / Bold / Italic / Bold Italic) and a ready-to-use `FontProvider` implementation.

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---

Why a separate package
----------------------

[](#why-a-separate-package)

`dskripchenko/php-pdf` is MIT-licensed. The Liberation fonts ship under the **SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1**, which is permissive and GPL-compatible but distinct from MIT (different naming rules for derivatives, different redistribution clauses). Keeping fonts in a separate package:

- isolates the OFL license zone from the MIT zone;
- lets callers opt out of the ~4 MB font bundle when they ship their own fonts;
- enables future sibling packages (`php-pdf-fonts-noto`, `php-pdf-fonts-roboto`, etc.) without changing the core.

What's bundled
--------------

[](#whats-bundled)

Liberation Fonts **2.1.5** (latest stable), 12 files in `assets/fonts/`:

FamilyVariantsLiberationSansRegular, Bold, Italic, BoldItalicLiberationSerifRegular, Bold, Italic, BoldItalicLiberationMonoRegular, Bold, Italic, BoldItalicThe Liberation family is **metric-compatible** with Microsoft's proprietary fonts — text laid out for Arial / Times New Roman / Courier New will render with the same line wrapping using the Liberation equivalent, so DOCX-input → PDF and HTML-templates → PDF workflows produce identical pagination.

Glyph coverage: full Latin (Western and Eastern European), Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Devanagari basics.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require dskripchenko/php-pdf-fonts-liberation
```

PHP 8.2+. No native extensions required.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Dskripchenko\PhpPdf\Build\DocumentBuilder;
use Dskripchenko\PhpPdf\Layout\Engine;
use Dskripchenko\PhpPdfFontsLiberation\LiberationFontProvider;

$bytes = DocumentBuilder::new()
    ->heading(1, 'Annual Report')
    ->paragraph('Тысяча красивых символов с правильным кернингом.')
    ->toBytes(new Engine(fontProvider: new LiberationFontProvider));
```

### Microsoft name aliasing

[](#microsoft-name-aliasing)

`LiberationFontProvider` resolves common proprietary names to their metric-compatible Liberation equivalent automatically:

Requested nameResolved to`Arial``LiberationSans``Arial-Bold``LiberationSans-Bold``Times New Roman``LiberationSerif``Times New Roman-Italic``LiberationSerif-Italic``Courier New``LiberationMono`A template that says `font-family: "Times New Roman"` works out of the box.

### Combining with system or custom fonts

[](#combining-with-system-or-custom-fonts)

Use `Dskripchenko\PhpPdf\Font\ChainedFontProvider` to stack providers so Liberation acts as a fallback for missing glyphs:

```
use Dskripchenko\PhpPdf\Font\ChainedFontProvider;
use Dskripchenko\PhpPdf\Font\DirectoryFontProvider;
use Dskripchenko\PhpPdfFontsLiberation\LiberationFontProvider;

$fonts = new ChainedFontProvider([
    new DirectoryFontProvider(__DIR__.'/my-brand-fonts'),  // checked first
    new LiberationFontProvider,                            // fallback
]);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This package mixes two licenses:

ZoneLicense`src/` (PHP wrapper)**MIT** — see [LICENSE](LICENSE)`assets/fonts/` TTFs**SIL OFL 1.1** — see [OFL.txt](OFL.txt)Both are permissive, GPL-compatible, and allow commercial use.

Attribution
-----------

[](#attribution)

Liberation Fonts © Red Hat, Inc., Pavel Hlaváč, and others. Upstream:

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

25d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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