On Aug 11, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Rob Oakes wrote:
The letter forms of Palatino may be the most refined ever created.
But,
I've never really been able to find a sans-serif and mono-spaced font
that matches well. (At least not per my aesthetic taste.) For that
reason, I don't use it often.
As a big fan of Robert Bringhurst's book The Elements of Typographic
Style, I will follow him and suggest the sanserif typeface Syntax,
designed by Hans Eduard Meier. Unlike most sanserifs, it is based on
Renaissance forms like Garamond, as is Palatino. An illustration in
his book shows how good it looks with Minion.
Bruce
