Hi Fellows, This query is not Scribus related but it's related to DTP/Fonts. Posting it in the hope that folks experienced with fonts will send useful advice.
I was writing a document and tried almost all fonts in the system for body text, headings, paragraphs. I was surprised to know that the default font for OpenOffice NimbusRoman L No.9 looks very good in all sizes though it's a bit common place and looks like Times New Roman. Secondly, I noticed that Nimbus Roman L Condensed series (Bold specially) looked fine in all sizes. It was not so with _all_ the fonts. Some looked good when I selected a smaller font size while others looked good in bigger sizes. Not to mention that many fonts looked better when the text kerning between characters was curtailed. Strangely still, some fonts, such as Luxi Serif, although very good, seemed to be emitting too much noise at smaller sizes when used to write lots of textual content such as lengthy essays. Just looking at them seemed like one was looking at noisy text - the serif edges seemed to be a distraction - IMHO. Would you like to contribute your opinions folks? Best regards Asif
