Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Best Font Ever...Don't Lister to the Critics

El 2017-06-10 19:18, charles meyer escribió:
> Ahoy my esteemed and steamy mates,
>
> I'm looking for your experienced suggestions of which font(s) have you
> found to be most clearly legible?

The "ideal typeface" is one of those arguments in which you'll find as 
many answers (if not more) as people answering ;)

Here it is a somewhat random and clearly incomplete list of awesome 
typefaces with a F(L)OSS licence:

I love EBGaramond, but be aware that it has no bold nor bold italic 
(yet)
http://www.georgduffner.at/ebgaramond/download.html

A really nice "old style" font full of OpenType magic is Cochineal
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cochineal

In fact, I can say that any font from Michael Sharpe is a Good Font. As 
an example, if you want to be able to print at low resolution but with 
good results you may try his fork of Bitstream Charter, xcharter
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcharter

If you want a "Times better than Times" I highly recommend Libertinus, a 
fork of Linux Libertine/Biolinum
https://github.com/khaledhosny/libertinus

Another "times alike" font is Stix Two
http://stixfonts.org/

A great, original font full of OpenType specialities is Vollkorn
http://vollkorn-typeface.com/

and don't forget the TeX Gyre collection and the Latin Modern family, 
both from the GUST foundry
http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre
http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern

Have fun!

Regards,
Ricardo



> There are fonts you can see clearly even though they're in size 8 or
> smaller or from a great distance.
>
> I've noticed this as well on street signs. Some characters, even though
> larger, are less legible because of style and not size than others.
>
> I often use Bookman Old Style for that reason. I find Times New Roman
> blends so it's less legible.
>
> Anyone work ( or have a life partner, relative or fried) who works at 
> an ad
> agency?
>
> Ad agencies go to great lengths in determining which font style and 
> size to
> use on consumer products as well as which colors are most alluring,
> calming, friendly, inviting, etc.
>
> Admittedly, there are personal preferences but there is also empirical
> evidence gleaned from focus groups and studies re: which font 
> styles/size
> and colors affect people in what ways.
>
> So, let's have our own focus group, shall we?!
>
> What's your choice for most legible font style/size/color - and why?
>
> Thank you - Merci- Gracias - Grazi - Domo!
>
> Charles.

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