Reng, Dr. Winfried wrote: > Hi, > > >> My _personal_ preference leans to the new MS fonts (Cambria, >> I think it >> was) that were released with Vista, based on having edited two papers >> that used them and from an IEEE Spectrum article about the >> research involved >> in their creation. I have not personally used the fonts (not >> available on >> my older system), but the two documents did seem especially >> clear on screen >> without being distractingly different. >> > > Yesterday I read that some applications might have kerning > problems with Cambria. This was noticed with "old" applications > such as Word 2003 or Word 2007 (in compatibility mode) or > FrameMaker. See here for an example: > http://www.ernst-line.de/test/nanotruck.pdf > > The information is here (in German): > http://www.typografie.info/typoforum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3137 > > Michael M?ller-Hillebrand pointed this out in his (German) blog: > http://cap-studio.de/wp/index.php/2009/07/calibri-cambria-candara-consolas-constantia-corbel/ > > I did not test this myself. > > Best regards > > Winfried >
For standard typefaces embedded in print PDF documents, I use Palatino Linotype for serifs, the new (free) Inconsolata-dk for monospaced, and any of a number of sans-serif typefaces--usually Arial, Verdana, Calibri., etc. Gary
