>From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> >Sent: Feb 21, 2011 2:40 PM >To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.info> >Subject: Re: [scribus] Need Arial, Times New Roman Font "equivalents" to >look/print nice in PDF > >On 02/21/2011 12:43 PM, drw forums wrote: >> New to Scribus. >> >> Using 1.3.3.14 on Windows XP-Pro. >> >> Producing a 48 page magazine and am having >> trouble when producing a PDF. >> >> The small 7 pt Arial fonts look bad. >> >> Currently, I am only using Times New Roman >> and Arial TT. >> >> Could someone point me to equivalent fonts that will >> look nice at any size and print well in a PDF? >> >> Also, if there is a USENET group or equivalent >> for Scibus, please let me know. >> Thanks you for any help you may be able to provide. > >For a lot of uses, I think the DejaVu fonts are pretty good, and you >have regular and condensed versions. > >I'm not so fond of Liberation fonts Serif or Sans. You might check out >Fontin and Fontin Sans, both available for free. They have a bit of a >different look but are pleasing and easy to read (the most important >criteria in my view).
Personally, I tend to use AmerisADF (from the Arkandis Digital Foundry linked in a previous message), mainly because it does have a decent kerning table and because it has small caps weights as well.
