Re: OT: polychromatic fonts
On 2013-08-22, Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear all, Today I read about Microsoft planning to unleash polychromatic fonts on the world. ... And a more on-topic question: Should we expect such fonts to be compatible with LyX? Maybe via LuaTeX? If they are normal system fonts, they should work without problems (beside readability and aesthetics) in both, LyX's GUI and documents typeset using non-TeX fonts (i.e. the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines). Günter
Re: OT: polychromatic fonts
On 2013-08-22, Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear all, Today I read about Microsoft planning to unleash polychromatic fonts on the world. ... And a more on-topic question: Should we expect such fonts to be compatible with LyX? Maybe via LuaTeX? If they are normal system fonts, they should work without problems (beside readability and aesthetics) in both, LyX's GUI and documents typeset using non-TeX fonts (i.e. the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines). Günter
Re: OT: polychromatic fonts
On 2013-08-22, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Dear all, > Today I read about Microsoft planning to unleash polychromatic fonts > on the world. ... > And a more on-topic question: Should we expect such fonts to be > compatible with LyX? Maybe via LuaTeX? If they are "normal" system fonts, they should work without problems (beside readability and aesthetics) in both, LyX's GUI and documents typeset using "non-TeX fonts" (i.e. the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines). Günter
Re: OT: polychromatic fonts
Today I read about Microsoft planning to unleash polychromatic fonts on the world. What do you make of them? As far as I can see, they're an ungodly monstrosity: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/08/polychromatic-digital-type What does MS know of typography. It took them something like 25 years (until Windows Vista?) to understand that *screen* fonts must be designed specifically for readability *on screen*. Sincerely, Wolfgang
Re: OT: polychromatic fonts
Today I read about Microsoft planning to unleash polychromatic fonts on the world. What do you make of them? As far as I can see, they're an ungodly monstrosity: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/08/polychromatic-digital-type What does MS know of typography. It took them something like 25 years (until Windows Vista?) to understand that *screen* fonts must be designed specifically for readability *on screen*. Sincerely, Wolfgang
Re: OT: polychromatic fonts
> Today I read about Microsoft planning to unleash polychromatic fonts > on the world. What do you make of them? As far as I can see, they're > an ungodly monstrosity: > http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/08/polychromatic-digital-type What does MS know of typography. It took them something like 25 years (until Windows "Vista"?) to understand that *screen* fonts must be designed specifically for readability *on screen*. Sincerely, Wolfgang
