Gabriel Ellsworth <[email protected]> writes:
Dear typography enthusiasts on this list,
I have a question that is related to Samples of LilyPond Output
with Sabon Typeface but separate.
...
How would you choose among these options?
Sabon is, as mentioned in its Wikipedia article, a version of the
fonts more broadly known as Garamond. I suggest that before
spending money, you try out EB Garamond, a very well done free
version of Garamond's designs. It is not exactly the same thing
as Sabon, because Sabon appears (to my eyes) a bit modernized and
a bit simplified, and perhaps not everyone will like the
difference - but it's worth looking. EB Garamond is (in my very
small experience) quite easy and convenient to use, and has
OpenType features that allow useful modifications depending on how
you want it to look.
My preferred version of it is the one from its original developer;
there is an updated version by another developer, which is clearly
better in some ways; I personally like it less, but you might
disagree.
Original developer's specimen PDF:
https://github.com/georgd/EB-Garamond/blob/master/specimen/Specimen.pdf?raw=true
Original developer's website:
http://www.georgduffner.at/ebgaramond/index.html
Original developer's download site:
https://bitbucket.org/georgd/eb-garamond/downloads/
Update developer's repo:
https://github.com/octaviopardo/EBGaramond12/
--
David
