Re: Best font for printed output
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). Liviu
Re: Best font for printed output
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 Steve Litt Books written in LyX: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
Re: Best font for printed output
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). Liviu
Re: Best font for printed output
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 Steve Litt Books written in LyX: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
Re: Best font for printed output
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). Liviu
Re: Best font for printed output
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 Steve Litt Books written in LyX: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
Re: Best font for printed output
Hi, all LaTeX-Fonts are designed to be well suited for printed output. However, they differ and when you search on LaTeX-Fonts on the internet, you will even find people complaining about the way too bad LaTeX-Fonts. Those people claim to be typographers and I do not know if they are right or wrong, but the examples given seem more or less logic to me. So, I recommend using a font that you like. Write a page or two of text and print it several times with a different font each time. I tried that once and did not find big differences between them – again, I am not a typographer or any kind of designer, just interested in it. This way I began using the Times font in LaTeX, which I liked best (I do not like the standard font at all). And then there is XeTeX, which enables you to use any font of your OS in LaTeX. There are tipps on the wiki how to use it in LyX. XeTeX is well suited for writing in many different languages at once and other fun stuff all around typographic details. I like to use Hoefler Text via XeTeX in LyX, as it is a beautiful font and very well equipped – what many fonts out there are not. Even LaTeX-fonts do not seem to be always full-featured. However, many packages, especially around mathematical stuff, do not (yet) work with XeTeX, so you should check your essential needs before thinking about XeTeX. To me as a humanities student it is absolutely the best and nicest way of using LaTeX. Regards, Max ___ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html for details.
Re: Best font for printed output
Hi, all LaTeX-Fonts are designed to be well suited for printed output. However, they differ and when you search on LaTeX-Fonts on the internet, you will even find people complaining about the way too bad LaTeX-Fonts. Those people claim to be typographers and I do not know if they are right or wrong, but the examples given seem more or less logic to me. So, I recommend using a font that you like. Write a page or two of text and print it several times with a different font each time. I tried that once and did not find big differences between them – again, I am not a typographer or any kind of designer, just interested in it. This way I began using the Times font in LaTeX, which I liked best (I do not like the standard font at all). And then there is XeTeX, which enables you to use any font of your OS in LaTeX. There are tipps on the wiki how to use it in LyX. XeTeX is well suited for writing in many different languages at once and other fun stuff all around typographic details. I like to use Hoefler Text via XeTeX in LyX, as it is a beautiful font and very well equipped – what many fonts out there are not. Even LaTeX-fonts do not seem to be always full-featured. However, many packages, especially around mathematical stuff, do not (yet) work with XeTeX, so you should check your essential needs before thinking about XeTeX. To me as a humanities student it is absolutely the best and nicest way of using LaTeX. Regards, Max ___ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html for details.
Re: Best font for printed output
Hi, all LaTeX-Fonts are designed to be well suited for printed output. However, they differ and when you search on LaTeX-Fonts on the internet, you will even find people complaining about the way too bad LaTeX-Fonts. Those people claim to be typographers and I do not know if they are right or wrong, but the examples given seem more or less logic to me. So, I recommend using a font that you like. Write a page or two of text and print it several times with a different font each time. I tried that once and did not find big differences between them – again, I am not a typographer or any kind of designer, just interested in it. This way I began using the Times font in LaTeX, which I liked best (I do not like the standard font at all). And then there is XeTeX, which enables you to use any font of your OS in LaTeX. There are tipps on the wiki how to use it in LyX. XeTeX is well suited for writing in many different languages at once and other fun stuff all around typographic details. I like to use Hoefler Text via XeTeX in LyX, as it is a beautiful font and very well equipped – what many fonts out there are not. Even LaTeX-fonts do not seem to be always full-featured. However, many packages, especially around mathematical stuff, do not (yet) work with XeTeX, so you should check your essential needs before thinking about XeTeX. To me as a humanities student it is absolutely the best and nicest way of using LaTeX. Regards, Max ___ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html for details.
Best font for printed output
Hi, 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). L -- Get free public speaking tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best font for printed output
Hi, 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). L -- Get free public speaking tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best font for printed output
Hi, >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). L -- Get free public speaking tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
