Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if elegant. What do you people use? Yours, Morten On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:23:55 +0200 Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing mine as we speak. I have chosen memoir and never turned back. Basic stuff is basic, works perfectly with LyX and its layout is very nice. A big library on chapter title styles is a plus. I have tried Koma before, but never liked it completely. R is a must for nice plots, as well as Inkscape for fingerpainting. Biblatex is another nice addition. Please, feel free to ask any question you have. Best regards. - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote: I also, couldn't agree more. I tend to hide my modifications as new document classes ... but front-matter should be finger painted. After that, though, I don't want to see or think about ERT. On 08/11/2010 12:40 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:19:43 -0400 Steve Littsl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: This is a minority opinion and a lot don't subscribe to it, but in my opinion you save time by fingerpainting your front matter. In other words, use embedded LaTeX, historically called ERT in the LyX community, to insert your logo and employer and line them up exactly how you want them and page break where you want and make fonts exactly how you want them to look. I'm not sure that this is minority.. At least I subscribe to it: if in need for anything fancy, first page should be pure LaTeX. All below should (mostly) be LyX. Liviu
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
I have chosen Mathpazo. You can check some sample at http://www.mengensatz.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/mathpazo.png CTAN's page: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mathpazo.html - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér mj...@syntaktisk.dk wrote: Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if elegant. What do you people use? Yours, Morten On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:23:55 +0200 Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing mine as we speak. I have chosen memoir and never turned back. Basic stuff is basic, works perfectly with LyX and its layout is very nice. A big library on chapter title styles is a plus. I have tried Koma before, but never liked it completely. R is a must for nice plots, as well as Inkscape for fingerpainting. Biblatex is another nice addition. Please, feel free to ask any question you have. Best regards. - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote: I also, couldn't agree more. I tend to hide my modifications as new document classes ... but front-matter should be finger painted. After that, though, I don't want to see or think about ERT. On 08/11/2010 12:40 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:19:43 -0400 Steve Littsl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: This is a minority opinion and a lot don't subscribe to it, but in my opinion you save time by fingerpainting your front matter. In other words, use embedded LaTeX, historically called ERT in the LyX community, to insert your logo and employer and line them up exactly how you want them and page break where you want and make fonts exactly how you want them to look. I'm not sure that this is minority.. At least I subscribe to it: if in need for anything fancy, first page should be pure LaTeX. All below should (mostly) be LyX. Liviu
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:30:00 -0400 Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér mj...@syntaktisk.dk wrote: Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if elegant. What do you people use? Personally I've settled with Palatino Optima (or TeX Gyre Pagella and URW Classico in free speech), with LM Typewriter or Courier where needed for code. I've once ranted on this on the mailing list. Search the archives. Liviu
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if elegant. What do you people use? Yours, Morten On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:23:55 +0200 Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing mine as we speak. I have chosen memoir and never turned back. Basic stuff is basic, works perfectly with LyX and its layout is very nice. A big library on chapter title styles is a plus. I have tried Koma before, but never liked it completely. R is a must for nice plots, as well as Inkscape for fingerpainting. Biblatex is another nice addition. Please, feel free to ask any question you have. Best regards. - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote: I also, couldn't agree more. I tend to hide my modifications as new document classes ... but front-matter should be finger painted. After that, though, I don't want to see or think about ERT. On 08/11/2010 12:40 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:19:43 -0400 Steve Littsl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: This is a minority opinion and a lot don't subscribe to it, but in my opinion you save time by fingerpainting your front matter. In other words, use embedded LaTeX, historically called ERT in the LyX community, to insert your logo and employer and line them up exactly how you want them and page break where you want and make fonts exactly how you want them to look. I'm not sure that this is minority.. At least I subscribe to it: if in need for anything fancy, first page should be pure LaTeX. All below should (mostly) be LyX. Liviu
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
I have chosen Mathpazo. You can check some sample at http://www.mengensatz.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/mathpazo.png CTAN's page: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mathpazo.html - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér mj...@syntaktisk.dk wrote: Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if elegant. What do you people use? Yours, Morten On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:23:55 +0200 Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing mine as we speak. I have chosen memoir and never turned back. Basic stuff is basic, works perfectly with LyX and its layout is very nice. A big library on chapter title styles is a plus. I have tried Koma before, but never liked it completely. R is a must for nice plots, as well as Inkscape for fingerpainting. Biblatex is another nice addition. Please, feel free to ask any question you have. Best regards. - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote: I also, couldn't agree more. I tend to hide my modifications as new document classes ... but front-matter should be finger painted. After that, though, I don't want to see or think about ERT. On 08/11/2010 12:40 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:19:43 -0400 Steve Littsl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: This is a minority opinion and a lot don't subscribe to it, but in my opinion you save time by fingerpainting your front matter. In other words, use embedded LaTeX, historically called ERT in the LyX community, to insert your logo and employer and line them up exactly how you want them and page break where you want and make fonts exactly how you want them to look. I'm not sure that this is minority.. At least I subscribe to it: if in need for anything fancy, first page should be pure LaTeX. All below should (mostly) be LyX. Liviu
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:30:00 -0400 Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér mj...@syntaktisk.dk wrote: Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if elegant. What do you people use? Personally I've settled with Palatino Optima (or TeX Gyre Pagella and URW Classico in free speech), with LM Typewriter or Courier where needed for code. I've once ranted on this on the mailing list. Search the archives. Liviu
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if elegant. What do you people use? Yours, Morten On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:23:55 +0200 Julio Rojaswrote: > I'm writing mine as we speak. I have chosen memoir and never turned > back. Basic stuff is basic, works perfectly with LyX and its layout is > very nice. A big library on chapter title styles is a plus. I have > tried Koma before, but never liked it completely. R is a must for nice > plots, as well as Inkscape for fingerpainting. Biblatex is another > nice addition. Please, feel free to ask any question you have. Best > regards. > - > Julio Rojas > jcredbe...@gmail.com > > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rob Oakes > wrote: > > I also, couldn't agree more. I tend to hide my modifications as > > new document classes ... but front-matter should be finger painted. > > After that, though, I don't want to see or think about ERT. > > > > On 08/11/2010 12:40 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:19:43 -0400 > >> Steve Litt wrote: > >>> > >>> This is a minority opinion and a lot don't subscribe to it, but > >>> in my opinion you save time by fingerpainting your front matter. > >>> In other words, use embedded LaTeX, historically called ERT in > >>> the LyX community, to insert your logo and employer and line them > >>> up exactly how you want them and page break where you want and > >>> make fonts exactly how you want them to look. > >>> > >> I'm not sure that this is minority.. At least I subscribe to it: > >> if in need for anything fancy, first page should be pure LaTeX. > >> All below should (mostly) be LyX. > >> Liviu > > > >
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
I have chosen Mathpazo. You can check some sample at http://www.mengensatz.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/mathpazo.png CTAN's page: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mathpazo.html - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejérwrote: > Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you think > about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if > elegant. > What do you people use? > > Yours, > Morten > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:23:55 +0200 > Julio Rojas wrote: > >> I'm writing mine as we speak. I have chosen memoir and never turned >> back. Basic stuff is basic, works perfectly with LyX and its layout is >> very nice. A big library on chapter title styles is a plus. I have >> tried Koma before, but never liked it completely. R is a must for nice >> plots, as well as Inkscape for fingerpainting. Biblatex is another >> nice addition. Please, feel free to ask any question you have. Best >> regards. >> - >> Julio Rojas >> jcredbe...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rob Oakes >> wrote: >> > I also, couldn't agree more. I tend to hide my modifications as >> > new document classes ... but front-matter should be finger painted. >> > After that, though, I don't want to see or think about ERT. >> > >> > On 08/11/2010 12:40 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:19:43 -0400 >> >> Steve Litt wrote: >> >>> >> >>> This is a minority opinion and a lot don't subscribe to it, but >> >>> in my opinion you save time by fingerpainting your front matter. >> >>> In other words, use embedded LaTeX, historically called ERT in >> >>> the LyX community, to insert your logo and employer and line them >> >>> up exactly how you want them and page break where you want and >> >>> make fonts exactly how you want them to look. >> >>> >> >> I'm not sure that this is minority.. At least I subscribe to it: >> >> if in need for anything fancy, first page should be pure LaTeX. >> >> All below should (mostly) be LyX. >> >> Liviu >> > >> > > >
Re: writing my Thesis with lyx: Font derail
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:30:00 -0400 Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejérwrote: > Since this discussion is turning to matters of taste, what do you > think about the font choices? The default font is obviously dated, if > elegant. > What do you people use? > Personally I've settled with Palatino & Optima (or TeX Gyre Pagella and URW Classico in free speech), with LM Typewriter or Courier where needed for code. I've once ranted on this on the mailing list. Search the archives. Liviu