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Member since:2005-07-06
Oh no, I can't stand that font, and I've looked at far too many papers and books printed in it. Too spare and thin.
I much prefer something like SIL Gentium, URW Garamond, or even BitStream Charter. The latter two even work just fine in LaTeX with the MathDesign package.
http://www.sil.org/~gaultney/Gentium/
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mathdesign/
Member since:2006-01-19
Oh no, I can't stand that font, and I've looked at far too many papers and books printed in it. Too spare and thin.
Believe it or not I can see your point of view. I think I like it in part because it reminds me of things I've read and liked. Just like Futura for the Ikea fans, it has a connotation for me. Some of the strokes are really thin, but I find it harmonises in reading, as opposed to looking hard at every letter.
I do like the look of the Gentium and Charter samples--will have to give them a shot in print.
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2006-01-19
On the page, I like Computer Modern. I like the TeX aesthetic generally.
On screen I just want something simple, like the default ubuntu sans plus a decent monospaced font for code.