Comparison of the VIPERS B-band LF to previous measurements. Literature data include the LF of VVDS (Ilbert et al. 2005, blue squares), the LF of DEEP2+COMBO-17 (Faber et al. 2007, dashed orange line), the LF of red early-type galaxies in the VVDS (Zucca et al. 2006, blue squares), the LF of red galaxies in the NDWFS (Brown et al. 2007, long-dashed green line) and the LF of galaxies in AGES (Cool et al. 2012, dot-dashed brown line). The numbers in the brackets denote the redshift interval of the respective LF. Left: LF for all galaxies. Right: LF for red galaxies.