Neal Becker said on Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:09:51 -0500 >I'm writing another paper for IEEE conference. I'm using lualatex to >produce pdf. > >In documen/settings/fonts, I'm set to using all defaults. If I don't >check 'use non-TeX fonts', the output looks good. If I do check 'use >non-TeX fonts', the fonts look much thinner and to my eye not very >pleasing. Again I have not changed any font settings from defaults. > >Any thoughts or suggestions? Oh, this is lyx-2.4.0beta5. > >Thanks, >Neal
Hi Neal, I gave up on Computer Modern fonts years ago, because they're so thin as to be difficult for a poorly sighted person to read quickly. Whether "use non-tex fonts" is checked or not (it might be worse one way or another, but it's not good either way). I now use exclusively (for normal purposes): * TeX Gyre Schola for normal serif fonts. * TeX Gyre Heros for normal sans-serif fonts. * TeX Gyre Cursor for monospaced fonts. These fonts are readable, at a glance, on paper or on screen. They look good, at least to me. All you do is install them from CTAN, check "use non-tex fonts", and compile with LuaTeX and LuaLaTeX. Once in a while I use Ubuntu Condensed when needing condensed fonts. Note that if it's to be read exclusively on a screen (HTML or ePub), I don't specify fonts, so that the user's preferences rule. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 -- lyx-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
