On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: > Hi all, > I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern > Roman font. > > I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) > package is preferred over the default Computer Modern Roman. However, I > can't find any information about Times Roman. > > The Times Roman font looks much better on screen and this is the only > difference I could tell from a brief look. Is there any disadvantage when > compared to Latin Modern Roman? or is it just a matter of preference? > Thanks, > Abe
As Times Roman was originally a newspaper font designed for narrow columns, I suspect it is on average slightly narrower than other fonts of the same nominal size, to make justification simpler in narrow columns. This would be a disadvantage for a page with a single column, where the larger number of characters in the line makes reading more difficult. LaTeX will automatically compensate for this by making the default margins wider. However, most people are very much used to Times Roman (and its clones, such as Times New Roman) because it is the most common serif font today, so you won't go far wrong if you use it. -- Les ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
