On Mar 3, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Bruce Pourciau wrote:
If you don't _have_ to use Times, why not choose Palatino? It is a
beautiful face, unlike Times. I'm happy as a clam -- boldface and
all -- with \usepackage[osf]{mathpazo} in the preamble.
How well does that work with PDF files?
Perfectly. I use TeXShop to view pdf files, and I've never had a
problem with mathpazo. The math, text, bold, and Greek all match nicely.
One reason I use Times/Helvetica/Courier (the obsolete packages
document notwithstanding) is that they are Adobe-native fonts.
They may not be the most aesthetically pleasing (I have no eye for
typefaces in any case), but they work pretty reliably with PDF
files, and almost everything I generate ends up in PDF files.
Assuming I'm using Times, if I have to choose between a close match
between the math and text fonts or having bold symbols, I'll
typically take the bold symbols. I don't produce books, and for
pretty much everything else Times without mathptmx seems good
enough to me.
On the other hand, I recognize that there are folks who will want
mathptmx when they use Times, and won't need bold symbols. It
would be nice if there were a way in the document settings to
select/deselect mathptmx, though.
/Paul
