Thanks for the link to Cochineal. It's a really nice typeface. Virgil
On 06/11/2017 10:51 AM, Ricardo wrote: > El 2017-06-10 19:18, charles meyer escribió: >> Ahoy my esteemed and steamy mates, >> >> I'm looking for your experienced suggestions of which font(s) have you >> found to be most clearly legible? > > The "ideal typeface" is one of those arguments in which you'll find as > many answers (if not more) as people answering ;) > > Here it is a somewhat random and clearly incomplete list of awesome > typefaces with a F(L)OSS licence: > > I love EBGaramond, but be aware that it has no bold nor bold italic (yet) > http://www.georgduffner.at/ebgaramond/download.html > > A really nice "old style" font full of OpenType magic is Cochineal > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cochineal > > In fact, I can say that any font from Michael Sharpe is a Good Font. > As an example, if you want to be able to print at low resolution but > with good results you may try his fork of Bitstream Charter, xcharter > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcharter > > If you want a "Times better than Times" I highly recommend Libertinus, > a fork of Linux Libertine/Biolinum > https://github.com/khaledhosny/libertinus > > Another "times alike" font is Stix Two > http://stixfonts.org/ > > A great, original font full of OpenType specialities is Vollkorn > http://vollkorn-typeface.com/ > > and don't forget the TeX Gyre collection and the Latin Modern family, > both from the GUST foundry > http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre > http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern > > Have fun! > > Regards, > Ricardo > > > >> >> There are fonts you can see clearly even though they're in size 8 or >> smaller or from a great distance. >> >> I've noticed this as well on street signs. Some characters, even though >> larger, are less legible because of style and not size than others. >> >> I often use Bookman Old Style for that reason. I find Times New Roman >> blends so it's less legible. >> >> Anyone work ( or have a life partner, relative or fried) who works at >> an ad >> agency? >> >> Ad agencies go to great lengths in determining which font style and >> size to >> use on consumer products as well as which colors are most alluring, >> calming, friendly, inviting, etc. >> >> Admittedly, there are personal preferences but there is also empirical >> evidence gleaned from focus groups and studies re: which font >> styles/size >> and colors affect people in what ways. >> >> So, let's have our own focus group, shall we?! >> >> What's your choice for most legible font style/size/color - and why? >> >> Thank you - Merci- Gracias - Grazi - Domo! >> >> Charles. > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
