On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 08:58:07AM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Will Robertson wrote: > > On 31/07/2008, at 8:08 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > > >> Will Robertson schrieb: > >> > >>>> Better output is relative, we can another font as well as default. > >>> No :) The LM fonts ARE better than the CM fonts. > >> > >> I meant something different. > > > > Sorry, I misunderstood. > > > >> Why do you think we should especially use LM and not TeXGyre or one > >> of the various other beautiful fonts? There's no special reason to > >> prefer LM over others. So we'll let the default font the default one > >> - CM. > > > > In that case you shouldn't use the T1 font encoding by default, > > because then you are not using CM!
LyX uses the T1 encoding only when it detects the EC fonts. > > Unless the user doesn't have CM-Super, in which case you're using the > > original bitmap CM fonts -- which is even worse these days. > > > >> That means when you want a document without any font handling > >> commands, you get it. If you want a font, select one and then it's up > >> to you how the result looks and you are aware of that selecting a > >> different font leads to a different output. > > > > So you don't think it's confusing to have *three* choices in the list > > of fonts that look, on casual inspection, exactly the same? And rather > > un-helpful to have AE when LM is the same but better in every way? > > I personally agree with Will. Most users won't know how to change the > document font; I barely know myself. A beautiful default would be best. The glyphs are the same, so that is not the point. The point is that LM fonts come in a vector (rather than bitmap) format making them more suitable to pdf output. -- Enrico
