On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Paul Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote: > Typhoon <typh...@...> writes: > > > > I'm preparing a manuscript for printing. The LyX Wiki recommends Latin > > Modern as the best choice of fonts for a PDF document. > > > > Is this still the font of choice for PDF documents? The MS is plain > > text with no diagrams or math symbols. Preparation will be with > > pdflatex unless there is some particular reason to use a different > > method. > > > > The Latin Modern glyphs used in the document should be embedded in the PDF > file, > so they should display properly. Embedding them will expand the size of > the > file a bit. > > An alternative is to use Times Roman/Helvetica/Courier, which are the Adobe > standard fonts. They don't need to be embedded, since they're built into > Acrobat > Reader. I do that fairly frequently. > > /Paul > > Thanks Paul. I like the Latin Modern better than Times Roman for a book. It only goes to the printer, so file size is not too important.
Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
