On Thursday 13 March 2008 06:48, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On 3/9/08, Laurent Duperval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From all the myriads of fonts available for LyX and LaTeX, which ones
> > are the best for printed output? I've been using the default, but I find
> > it a bit thin (or light) so I was wondering if there was a better
> > recommendation. While I'm at it, what are some of the good
> > roman/sans/type combinations for printed legibility (not on-screen PDFs).
>
> Apparently, the default CM should be good at this. From what I
> remember reading, it was designed having in mind that roman/sans/type
> combinations should fit one document. Check the "Not so short
> introduction..". Personally, I find the Computer Modern font much more
> pleasing -- visually -- than anything I ever used in conventional word
> processors. Since switching to LyX and CM, I never trully felt the
> need to experiment with other fonts.
>
> As to the "thin (or light)" issue, it may be that the printing
> resolution is not high enough (try more than 300*300 dpi). Also,
> increasing the font-size by one (half a) point only could give you
> sensibly better printed output (size 10 may not be enough).
My favorite font for printing is Century Schoolbook, precisely because it
doesn't have that hair thin profile the way most of the fonts do in LyX.
Century Schoolbook was made from the bottom up to be legible, and it succeeds
brilliantly.
Obviously all this is my opinion. Fonts are very subjective, and produce
discussions rivaling Vim vs Emacs (I'm a Vim man myself).
SteveT
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