On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
On the other hand, The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, the current bible for serious typographers, in its list of favorite typefaces with commentaries, does not even include Times Roman! This is certainly damnation by omission. As Les points out, Times Roman was designed as a newspaper typeface, so it would be readable in narrow columns. This hardly would be expected to produce the best looking face for normal work. On the other hand, Palatino, for example, was designed by Herman Zapf, one of the great type designers, and it is available (in LyX document settings) with small caps, old style numerals, and mathematical symbols that blend.
Bruce, Palatino is my default typeface. Now if it only had the \textservicemark symbol built in it would be fully complete. :-) And I'll second the recommendation for Bringhurst's book. It's worth reading just to appreciate the subtle differences among the hundreds of available designs. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
