Fonts and other tips for thesis and other academic works
Hullo, Now that I'm fairly happy with the citation and basic styling of my template for my seminary, research works and thesis, I'd like to take up the fonts and styling of it. So, what I'd like to know is which fonts do you suggest for academic works and what are the basic styling tips for such works? Cheers, Matija link: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Law_Faculty_University_of_Ljubljana_Styling_an... -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje@rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje@gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje@rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje
| On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:19:18 +0200, | Matija Šuklje | who can be reached at: matija.suklje@rutka.net | (whose comments are cited below with " Matija> "), | had this to say in article <200804160019.24406.matija.suklje@rutka.net> | in newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.context | concerning the subject of Fonts and other tips for thesis and other academic works
Matija> Hullo, Now that I'm fairly happy with the citation and basic Matija> styling of my template for my seminary, research works and Matija> thesis, I'd like to take up the fonts and styling of it. I took a look at those templates [0] -- nice work. Would you mind translating your comments into English? That would help others (including me) a lot! Tia :-) Matija> So, what I'd like to know is which fonts do you suggest for Matija> academic works and what are the basic styling tips for such Matija> works? Take a look at http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf --> chapter 5 You want to pick a font family which has entire support for mathematical glyphs like for example - Computer Modern Roman or - Lucia Bright [0] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Law_Faculty_University_of_Ljubljana_Styling_an...
2008/4/16, Suno Ano
You want to pick a font family which has entire support for mathematical glyphs like for example - Computer Modern Roman or
That's Latin Modern (LM) nowadays.
- Lucida Bright
AFAIK there are also math fonts for Palatino (px), Times (tx?), Helvetica (hx? and commercial) and the Euler fonts that work with different serif fonts. And soon (I hope) we'll get math support for the TeXGyre fonts as well. I'd suggest a readable serif as body font, I like e.g. TeXGyre Schola (Century Schoolbook) - it's a bit conservative and ill suited for titling sizes - and perhaps a sans-serif for titlings, e.g. LM Sans or TeXGyre Heros (Helvetica). Greetlings, Hraban
Dne sreda 16. aprila 2008 je Henning Hraban Ramm napisal(a):
AFAIK there are also math fonts for Palatino (px), Times (tx?), Helvetica (hx? and commercial) and the Euler fonts that work with different serif fonts. And soon (I hope) we'll get math support for the TeXGyre fonts as well.
As a law student I don't actually need any major math support, but I'll take notice of these as well.
I'd suggest a readable serif as body font, I like e.g. TeXGyre Schola (Century Schoolbook) - it's a bit conservative and ill suited for titling sizes - and perhaps a sans-serif for titlings, e.g. LM Sans or TeXGyre Heros (Helvetica).
Thanks for the suggestion. Is there a page where I can preview these fonts? Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje@rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje@gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje@rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Matija Šuklje
Dne sreda 16. aprila 2008 je Henning Hraban Ramm napisal(a):
AFAIK there are also math fonts for Palatino (px), Times (tx?), Helvetica (hx? and commercial) and the Euler fonts that work with different serif fonts. And soon (I hope) we'll get math support for the TeXGyre fonts as well.
As a law student I don't actually need any major math support, but I'll take notice of these as well.
You should also take a look at Myriad and Minion (Shipped with Adobe Reader) and Microsofts new fonts for Vista (Part of the PowerPoint Viewer 2007) or take a look at the following link (the dutch designer behind the 6th provides a few nice and free fonts). http://www.typografie.info/typoforum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4779
I'd suggest a readable serif as body font, I like e.g. TeXGyre Schola (Century Schoolbook) - it's a bit conservative and ill suited for titling sizes - and perhaps a sans-serif for titlings, e.g. LM Sans or TeXGyre Heros (Helvetica).
Thanks for the suggestion. Is there a page where I can preview these fonts?
Latin Modern has a manual with Examples from the Fonts, not sure if the other fonts include also one. Wolfgang
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Matija Šuklje
Dne sreda 16. aprila 2008 je Henning Hraban Ramm napisal(a):
AFAIK there are also math fonts for Palatino (px), Times (tx?), Helvetica (hx? and commercial) and the Euler fonts that work with different serif fonts. And soon (I hope) we'll get math support for the TeXGyre fonts as well.
As a law student I don't actually need any major math support, but I'll take notice of these as well.
I'd suggest a readable serif as body font, I like e.g. TeXGyre Schola (Century Schoolbook) - it's a bit conservative and ill suited for titling sizes - and perhaps a sans-serif for titlings, e.g. LM Sans or TeXGyre Heros (Helvetica).
Thanks for the suggestion. Is there a page where I can preview these fonts?
The main site seems to be down. But you can see them here : Schola : http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/tgschola/ Heros : http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/tgheros/ And with a fontviewer in the contex path : $YOURPATH/fonts/opentype/public/tex-gyre/ Cheers, Olivier. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] Olivier nemolivier@gmail.com http://nemolivier.blogspot.com
OK, but how do I change the font family for the whole document? I noticed that \setupbodyfont[ant] changes it to Antykva Torunska, but with other fonts I have no such luck. Where do I see what to put in the square brackets to enable which font? Or do I have to roll my own? Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje@rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje@gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje@rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje
Dne sreda 16. aprila 2008 je Suno Ano napisal(a):
Would you mind translating your comments into English? That would help others (including me) a lot! Tia :-)
Will do as soon as I can. Probably this week. When I do I'll make sure to notify you (and others) on the list :) Wow, I didn't think anyone would really have any use for it, since the citation styles are quite specific. Perhaps I should also include a .pdf (and source files) as a download, so people can see how it looks like.
Take a look at http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf --> chapter 5
You want to pick a font family which has entire support for mathematical glyphs like for example - Computer Modern Roman or - Lucia Bright
Thanks, will take notice of it. I suppose these don't come out-of-the-box, or do they? Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje@rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje@gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje@rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje
Dne sreda 16. aprila 2008 je Suno Ano napisal(a):
Would you mind translating your comments into English? That would help others (including me) a lot! Tia :-)
Done. I've translated the comments. I hope it's comprehensible for non-slovenian users now :) Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje@rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje@gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje@rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje
| On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:53:56 +0200, | Matija Šuklje | who can be reached at: matija.suklje@rutka.net | (whose comments are cited below with " Matija> "), | had this to say in article <200804161853.58913.matija.suklje@rutka.net> | in newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.context | concerning the subject of Re: Fonts and other tips for thesis and other academic works | (see <200804160019.24406.matija.suklje@rutka.net> <87y77efifw.fsf@googlemail.com> for more details)
Matija> Done. I've translated the comments. I hope it's comprehensible Matija> for non-slovenian users now :) Yes. thank you :-)
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Henning Hraban Ramm -
Matija Šuklje -
Olivier Guéry -
Suno Ano -
Wolfgang Schuster