Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-09-01 Thread G. Milde
On 29.08.08, William Adams wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 6:30 AM, G. Milde wrote: There is no Palatino Sans Actually, the new Palatino Nova family introduces Palatino Sans and Palatino Sans Informal. More actually, Palatino Sans is a new typeface, not part of but related to Palatino Nova

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-09-01 Thread G. Milde
On 29.08.08, William Adams wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 6:30 AM, G. Milde wrote: There is no Palatino Sans Actually, the new Palatino Nova family introduces Palatino Sans and Palatino Sans Informal. More actually, Palatino Sans is a new typeface, not part of but related to Palatino Nova

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-09-01 Thread G. Milde
On 29.08.08, William Adams wrote: > On Aug 29, 2008, at 6:30 AM, G. Milde wrote: >> There is no Palatino Sans > Actually, the new Palatino Nova family introduces Palatino Sans and > Palatino Sans Informal. More actually, Palatino Sans is a new typeface, not part of but related to Palatino

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread G. Milde
On 28.08.08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Rich Shepard wrote: My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive response. The LyX font dialog lists Palatino but not Palatino Sans. There is no Palatino Sans (there is no Times-Sans either).

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread G. Milde
On 28.08.08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: G. Milde wrote: For on-screen viewing (e.g. of generated PDF) I'd recommend the Vera family (Bera Serif in the DocumentSettings). I tried this in a beamer presentation (originally Latin Modern, default size). Apparently the Bera fonts are bigger, because

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, G. Milde wrote: Although I am by far not a font-guru, I spend some amount of time and effort into the topic and compiled an up-to-date survey about Free math fonts for LaTeX (in German) with 40 samples of both serif and sans-serif text-math font combinations. I just

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread William Adams
On Aug 29, 2008, at 6:30 AM, G. Milde wrote: There is no Palatino Sans Actually, the new Palatino Nova family introduces Palatino Sans and Palatino Sans Informal: http://www.linotype.com/2567/palatinonova.html William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread G. Milde
On 28.08.08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Rich Shepard wrote: My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive response. The LyX font dialog lists Palatino but not Palatino Sans. There is no Palatino Sans (there is no Times-Sans either).

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread G. Milde
On 28.08.08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: G. Milde wrote: For on-screen viewing (e.g. of generated PDF) I'd recommend the Vera family (Bera Serif in the DocumentSettings). I tried this in a beamer presentation (originally Latin Modern, default size). Apparently the Bera fonts are bigger, because

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, G. Milde wrote: Although I am by far not a font-guru, I spend some amount of time and effort into the topic and compiled an up-to-date survey about Free math fonts for LaTeX (in German) with 40 samples of both serif and sans-serif text-math font combinations. I just

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread William Adams
On Aug 29, 2008, at 6:30 AM, G. Milde wrote: There is no Palatino Sans Actually, the new Palatino Nova family introduces Palatino Sans and Palatino Sans Informal: http://www.linotype.com/2567/palatinonova.html William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread G. Milde
On 28.08.08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Rich Shepard wrote: >> My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of >> traditional and modern and always evokes a positive response. > The LyX font dialog lists Palatino but not Palatino Sans. There is no Palatino Sans (there is no Times-Sans

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread G. Milde
On 28.08.08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > G. Milde wrote: >> For on-screen viewing (e.g. of generated PDF) I'd recommend the Vera >> family ("Bera Serif" in the Document>Settings). > I tried this in a beamer presentation (originally Latin Modern, default > size). Apparently the Bera fonts are

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, G. Milde wrote: Although I am by far not a font-guru, I spend some amount of time and effort into the topic and compiled an up-to-date survey about "Free math fonts for LaTeX" (in German) with > 40 samples of both serif and sans-serif text-math font combinations. I just

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-29 Thread William Adams
On Aug 29, 2008, at 6:30 AM, G. Milde wrote: There is no Palatino Sans Actually, the new Palatino Nova family introduces Palatino Sans and Palatino Sans Informal: http://www.linotype.com/2567/palatinonova.html William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread G. Milde
On 27.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Palatino is my default typeface. Now if it only had the \textservicemark symbol built in it would be fully complete. :-) Pagella, the extended version provided by the TeX-Gyre project,

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Florin Oprina
So what sans and monospaced fonts would the typography gurus recommend to go with Palatino / Pagella? On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:45 PM, G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 27.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Palatino is my default typeface. Now if it

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive response. The LyX font dialog lists Palatino but not Palatino Sans. What do you use for sans serif (and for typewriter), default? /Paul

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
G. Milde wrote: For on-screen viewing (e.g. of generated PDF) I'd recommend the Vera family (Bera Serif in the DocumentSettings). I tried this in a beamer presentation (originally Latin Modern, default size). Apparently the Bera fonts are bigger, because some text was driven off the

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: What do you use for sans serif (and for typewriter), default? Paul, Yes. The document classes I use have headings in Palatino, but a larger size, and I rarely have code or other text fragments in monospace font. So I've not paid attention to either

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread G. Milde
On 27.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Palatino is my default typeface. Now if it only had the \textservicemark symbol built in it would be fully complete. :-) Pagella, the extended version provided by the TeX-Gyre project,

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Florin Oprina
So what sans and monospaced fonts would the typography gurus recommend to go with Palatino / Pagella? On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:45 PM, G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 27.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Palatino is my default typeface. Now if it

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive response. The LyX font dialog lists Palatino but not Palatino Sans. What do you use for sans serif (and for typewriter), default? /Paul

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
G. Milde wrote: For on-screen viewing (e.g. of generated PDF) I'd recommend the Vera family (Bera Serif in the DocumentSettings). I tried this in a beamer presentation (originally Latin Modern, default size). Apparently the Bera fonts are bigger, because some text was driven off the

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: What do you use for sans serif (and for typewriter), default? Paul, Yes. The document classes I use have headings in Palatino, but a larger size, and I rarely have code or other text fragments in monospace font. So I've not paid attention to either

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread G. Milde
On 27.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > Palatino is my default typeface. Now if it only had the \textservicemark > symbol built in it would be fully complete. :-) Pagella, the extended version provided by the TeX-Gyre project,

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Florin Oprina
So what sans and monospaced fonts would the typography gurus recommend to go with Palatino / Pagella? On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:45 PM, G. Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > >> Palatino is my default typeface. Now

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive response. The LyX font dialog lists Palatino but not Palatino Sans. What do you use for sans serif (and for typewriter), "default"? /Paul

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
G. Milde wrote: For on-screen viewing (e.g. of generated PDF) I'd recommend the Vera family ("Bera Serif" in the Document>Settings). I tried this in a beamer presentation (originally Latin Modern, default size). Apparently the Bera fonts are bigger, because some text was driven off the

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: What do you use for sans serif (and for typewriter), "default"? Paul, Yes. The document classes I use have headings in Palatino, but a larger size, and I rarely have code or other text fragments in monospace font. So I've not paid attention to

Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Abe Lau
Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the default Computer Modern Roman. However, I can't find any information about Times Roman. The Times

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Les Denham
On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the default Computer Modern Roman. However, I can't

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread G. Milde
On 27.08.08, Bruce Pourciau wrote: On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Les Denham wrote: However, most people are very much used to Times Roman (and its clones, such as Times New Roman) because it is the most common serif font today, so you won't go far wrong if you use it. Yes you will. It's the most common because it's the Microsoft

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: On the other hand, The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, the current bible for serious typographers, in its list of favorite typefaces with commentaries, does not even include Times Roman! This is certainly damnation by omission. As

Fwd: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread William Adams
I'd thought this had gone to the list Begin forwarded message: On Aug 27, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: However, most people are very much used to Times Roman (and its clones, such as Times New Roman) \begin{typographichistorynitpicking} Actually, Monotype's Times New Roman

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: Typefaces have subtle and subconscious effects on the reader. Pick a typeface that implies professionalism (if that's the impression you want to make) and use that. My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Rich Shepard wrote: Typefaces have subtle and subconscious effects on the reader. Pick a typeface that implies professionalism (if that's the impression you want to make) and use that. My default typeface is Palatino. It's a

Fwd: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread William Adams
Eventually, I'll get in the habit of checking the distribution before clicking ``Send'' Begin forwarded message: On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Palatino, for example, was designed by Herman Zapf, one of the great type designers, and it is available (in LyX document

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: So you're saying that if I hand out grades printed in Palatino, I won't get the usual bitching and moaning? That's correct. They will be more polite and mature and ask for cheese with their whine. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. |

Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Abe Lau
Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the default Computer Modern Roman. However, I can't find any information about Times Roman. The Times

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Les Denham
On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the default Computer Modern Roman. However, I can't

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread G. Milde
On 27.08.08, Bruce Pourciau wrote: On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Les Denham wrote: However, most people are very much used to Times Roman (and its clones, such as Times New Roman) because it is the most common serif font today, so you won't go far wrong if you use it. Yes you will. It's the most common because it's the Microsoft

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: On the other hand, The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, the current bible for serious typographers, in its list of favorite typefaces with commentaries, does not even include Times Roman! This is certainly damnation by omission. As

Fwd: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread William Adams
I'd thought this had gone to the list Begin forwarded message: On Aug 27, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: However, most people are very much used to Times Roman (and its clones, such as Times New Roman) \begin{typographichistorynitpicking} Actually, Monotype's Times New Roman

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: Typefaces have subtle and subconscious effects on the reader. Pick a typeface that implies professionalism (if that's the impression you want to make) and use that. My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Rich Shepard wrote: Typefaces have subtle and subconscious effects on the reader. Pick a typeface that implies professionalism (if that's the impression you want to make) and use that. My default typeface is Palatino. It's a

Fwd: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread William Adams
Eventually, I'll get in the habit of checking the distribution before clicking ``Send'' Begin forwarded message: On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Palatino, for example, was designed by Herman Zapf, one of the great type designers, and it is available (in LyX document

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: So you're saying that if I hand out grades printed in Palatino, I won't get the usual bitching and moaning? That's correct. They will be more polite and mature and ask for cheese with their whine. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. |

Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Abe Lau
Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the default Computer Modern Roman. However, I can't find any information about Times Roman. The Times

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Les Denham
On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: > Hi all, > I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern > Roman font. > > I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) > package is preferred over the default Computer Modern Roman. However, I >

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and Latin Modern Roman font. I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern Roman (lmodern) package is preferred over the

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread G. Milde
On 27.08.08, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: >> On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Abe Lau wrote: >>> Hi all, I am wondering what's the difference between Times Roman and >>> Latin Modern Roman font. >>> I have read from the mailing list that the Latin Modern

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Les Denham wrote: However, most people are very much used to Times Roman (and its clones, such as Times New Roman) because it is the most common serif font today, so you won't go far wrong if you use it. Yes you will. It's the most common because it's the Microsoft

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: On the other hand, The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, the current bible for serious typographers, in its list of favorite typefaces with commentaries, does not even include Times Roman! This is certainly damnation by omission. As

Fwd: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread William Adams
I'd thought this had gone to the list Begin forwarded message: On Aug 27, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Les Denham wrote: However, most people are very much used to Times Roman (and its clones, such as Times New Roman) \begin{typographichistorynitpicking} Actually, Monotype's Times New Roman

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: Typefaces have subtle and subconscious effects on the reader. Pick a typeface that implies professionalism (if that's the impression you want to make) and use that. My default typeface is Palatino. It's a combination of traditional and modern and always evokes a positive

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Rich Shepard wrote: Typefaces have subtle and subconscious effects on the reader. Pick a typeface that implies professionalism (if that's the impression you want to make) and use that. My default typeface is Palatino. It's a

Fwd: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread William Adams
Eventually, I'll get in the habit of checking the distribution before clicking ``Send'' Begin forwarded message: On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Palatino, for example, was designed by Herman Zapf, one of the great type designers, and it is available (in LyX document

Re: Times Roman vs Latin Modern Roman Font

2008-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: So you're saying that if I hand out grades printed in Palatino, I won't get the usual bitching and moaning? That's correct. They will be more polite and mature and ask for cheese with their whine. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. |