On 09/11/2013 09:50 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> Kracked_P_P wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> First - - -
>> Everyone has their own opinion of which font is the most "wonderful" one
>> that they have used.
>>
>> Second - - -
>> There are a few "ideas" on what a "book" font is, but for me a book font
>> is one that is really easy to read for extended periods, like in a
>> hardcover novel or paperback.
>>
>> Third - - -
>> Times-Roman - Times is the generic font name. Many fonts started from
>> the "generic Times" look. Roman is actually a type of style for the
>> most part. Some equate Roman as the same as "normal" or "un-styled".
>> Times-Roman is a "classic" font that is used by many computer systems as
>> the original default font. There are other "Times" fonts, including
>> "Times", "Times New Roman" "Times Europa", "Old Times", just to name a
>> few that I have seen or have in my font collection.
>>
>> If you really want to see how many "Times" fonts there are, or which
>> fonts came from Times, then go to the Wiki page and you may be
>> surprised. I do not remember which version of Times is part of the MS
>> core fonts that is installed with Windows, or installed in Linux with
>> the "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" package.
>>
>> Forth - - -
>> To be honest, many fonts have one file for each style. One for Bold,
>> for Italic, Bold Italic, etc., etc..
>>
>> For LinLibertine:
>>
>> _R - regular
>> _RI - italic
>> _RB - bold
>> _RZ - semi-bold
>> _RZI - semi-bold italic
>> _aBL - bold slanted
>>
>> Each of the files are a different style for the font.
>> For "LinLibertine", I have 16 different styles
>> LinLibertine and LinLibertine G are two different fonts.
>> I have only 6 for "G" so far.
>>
>> This is just the nature of the font file world. If you have a font with
>> different styles, either you have that style file installed OR you must
>> have a software package that takes a font and generates the style you
>> need internally. There are some "complex" fonts that have more than one
>> style in a single file, but sometimes they are not the easiest to find
>> and sometimes not easy for a package to use properly.
>>
>
> Great response. I can't add much except a bit of history about the Times
> font. It was originally commissioned by the Times of London newspaper, which
> wanted a typeface having "strength of line and economy of space." It runs a
> little small for its nominal size and is somewhat condensed left to right,
> meaning its letters are narrower than those found in other fonts. To see the
> difference, type a line in 12 point Times and then the same line directly
> below it in something like 12 point Palatino, or Century, or Bookman. The
> second line will look enormous compared to the Times. The United States
> Supreme Court requires court briefs to be written in an 11 point Roman font.
> It warns lawyers that if they submit a brief in 11 point Times, the brief
> will be rejected because "11 point Times" is actually smaller than 11 points.
>
> The flavor of Times that comes with MS Windows is "Times New Roman."
>
> You will rarely see books printed in Times, the reason being it is intended
> for short bursts of reading, as in a newspaper article. Books tend to use
> fonts that are fuller and not condensed. Popular choices are Palatino,
> Century Schoolbook, Garamond, Minion, and Goudy Old Style.
>
> Lastly, in addition to the font files (TTF) in Doug's list of files, the
> files having a "Tex" extension are probably some form of TeX/LaTeX document.
> I don't believe they would be fonts.
>
> Virgil
>
For me, I try to stay away from fonts that require me to pay for them.
If it came with an OS, that is one thing, but if I have to pay for them
myself for each and every style, like you do with Adobe's fonts, than no
thanks.
I do have an older Adobe font library, since I was given it to deal with
a large, long, project over 10 years ago.
You can get free versions of your fonts, or very good look-a-likes,
online at various sites. I have used "Schoolbook" and Garamond before
though. I believe Minion is an Adobe font. I will have to check about
Goudy Old Style. I think I have used it before.
Were you talking about Times Roman or just Roman for the font name. I
have a font that is called "Roman", and it is a serif font. For those
who do not know much about fonts, all of this may be a little confusing
to them. Well, if you have a large font collection, it gets worse some
times. That is why I believe that the sites that give you good
substitution font options for ones that you do not have can be a good
thing for people.
As I stated before, if you are going to have something published, find
out which font[s] they use and then give then your document/manuscript
in that font, if they do not want a plain text file.
I have not worked on this for over a year, but here is a sample from my
"work in progress" 50+ page font substitution guide. I have a lot of
formatting and editing to do before I go out and find more. I even have
a list that tells you which Windows installed fonts match Mac installed
fonts, but that was created many years ago and no longer up-to-date.
The first name is the font and the list is replacement types. I get
this information from various online sources, so I do not really know
how good they are. In the document, it is in 2 columns, but sometimes
emails mes that up.
Many of the font names I never heard of, while others I have.
----------------
Americana
Amherst
American Classic
Aston
Colonial
Concord
Flareserif 721
Freedom
Independence
---------------
Antique Olive
Incised 901 BT
Provence BT
Alphavanti
Berry Roman
Gibson Antique
Oliva
Olivanti
Olive Antique
Oliver
Olivette
Olivette Antique
Olivia
--------------------
Baskerville
New Baskerville
Baskenland
Baskerline
Basque
Beaumont
Transitional 401
------------------------
Copperplate
Alexei
Campaign
--------------------------
Copperplate Gothic
Copper Pot
Atalante
Gothic No.29
Gothic No.30
Lining Plate Gothic
Mimosa
Spartan
-----------------------------
Corolla
Aster
Albany
Astro
Aztec
Dutch 823
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