Suggestions on fonts and foundries
Some time back I recall seeing a message in which someone discussed using fonts available from foundries and recommended certain ones. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find that message. I will probably need one serif font for the text of the book, a plain sans serif font to use for entries in a table, a fancier sans serif font for chapter titles and, possibly a different not-too-plain sans serif font for page headers. Also, I can't figure out how to tell ConTeXt which font to use for page headers. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey
Am 2010-03-01 um 04:54 schrieb Tom:
I guess you know http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts ? Without knowing the subject and/or intended audience of your book I can't suggest suitable fonts. Generally I find Palatino (TeX Gyre Pagella) with Frutiger (in a pinch: MS Calibri) a very good combination, even if rather conservative. SIL Gentium is also a very nice body font, if you like a "soft, human" touch. Linotype Finnegan is a matching sans-serif; perhaps try Libertine Biolinum, if you want a free one. For more technically looking sans's I like LM Sans and URW Grotesk (especially in small sizes). Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
This site might provide a good place to ask further advice:
http://typedia.com/forum/viewcategory/1/
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm
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