Re: [libreoffice-users] Font in Default Character Style

On 3/29/2014 6:50 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> Would you share with "us" what is now being used for your default 
> font, since you no longer use "Century 731 BT".
>
> I have Century 725, 731, and 751 in my font collection, but I also do 
> not use "Century" anymore.  My default is "Liberation Serif".

The problem I was having with my default *character* style had to do 
with the fact that I had changed my template so many times over the 
years and incorporated so many different file types, that my character 
styles were hopelessly confused. However, my paragraph styles are in 
fine shape as far as fonts are concerned.

I'm *real* OCD when it comes to fonts, so I'm constantly changing my 
preferences. LO came with Liberation Serif as its default font it is 
default paragraph style. It appears to be a clone of Times New Roman, 
which I don't particularly like.

At any rate, the U.S. Supreme Court uses New Century Schoolbook, and so, 
when I prepare legal documents, I use a version of Century. My very old 
WordPerfect for Windows 7 came bundled with hundreds of excellent 
typefaces, including many variations of Century, and 731 was my 
favorite. I also like URW's Century Schoolbook, which I downloaded free 
from the web.

My home-built template now default to Consolas in my Default (paragraph) 
Style. I use this but for initial editing rather than final output. It's 
an excellent, fixed-width font for onscreen work. Then, for final 
output, I will change everything to something else. My current favorites 
are:

- Linux Libertine G (like Times but with much better proportions, as 
well as all those wonderful expert effects, such as true small caps, 
old-style numbers, even hanging punctuation),
- Iowan Old Style (another Bitstream font that came with WordPerfect),
- Palatino Linotype (an excellent all around typeface, if a bit overused),
- Vollkorn (a font I recently found on Google fonts, which has old-style 
numbering)
- OFL Sorts Mill Goudy (a cool take on the classic, with old-style 
numbering)
- Baskervald (a free remake of Baskerville). I'd have to say that 
Baskerville is my all-time favorite typeface in terms of overall beauty, 
but most versions of it print much too faintly on my printers. I think 
it really needs a three-dimensional printing press where the letters are 
pressed into the paper rather than painted onto the paper. Baskervald 
has the heft I need, but is not quite as beautiful as Baskerville itself.

I generally control my document fonts through my Default paragraph 
Style. All of my other styles are, eventually, linked to the Default. By 
modifying the Default Style, I can change the font throughout the 
document without having to select anything and keep everything. So, I 
can create and edit in Consolas, and then with a couple mouse clicks 
change the font throughout the document to my chosen final output. 
Unfortunately, LO uses separate character styles to control special 
aspects such as footnote characters and footnote anchors, so (at least 
up to now), if I want to change my document's global font, I have to 
change both my default *paragraph* style, as well as the font in my 
various *character* styles for the special characters. I'm working on 
setting things up so I don't have to repeat all this work.

That's probably way more than you needed to know, but I do love talking 
fonts.

Virgil

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