On a Mac all the fonts named after cities were designed for screen display.
This goes back to the days of when we mainly had dot matrix printers so when
they were printed it didn't matter so much. Since those fonts were part of
the systems display fonts back in OS 7 & 8 they have hung around. As you say
they are not good choices.
Guess I'm showing may age here - Oh well!
George
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From: "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:29 AM
Subject: SPAM LOW: Re: [Finale] Fonts
On Feb 26, 2007, at 8:50 AM, Brennon Bortz wrote:
Recently, someone mentioned resorting to using Times as a lyric font.
I'd like to ask what other fonts people typically use for lyrics, text
boxes, text expressions, etc. Is there something close to "standard."
If it would be better to reply off-list, please feel free to do so.
I suppose Times (or what seems to have replaced it on Mac - Times New
Roman) is as close to a standard as there is. That is the reason some
dislike it, I think, along with the crappy versions of the font that have
shown up over the years.
I don't publish often, so I usually use Times New Roman for legibility
and general availability. If I were to create for publication, I would
probably have to study up a bit (or a lot!) to find a font that was
beautiful and effective. Serif fonts are the usual choices, like
Palatino, and I think someone mentioned New Century Schoolbook. For an
older look, I find Modern No. 20 is stylised but nice-looking (seems to
have come on my Mac, but there are freeware versions) though the spacing
seems irregular to me. Maybe it's just the version I have.
Avoid like the plague any font named after a city (New York, Monaco,
etc.) Maybe it's just the ones I have, but they all look bad to me.
Anyone know why?
Christopher
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