Latex vs. non-latex fonts

[Steve Litt]

Neal Becker said on Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:09:51 -0500

>I'm writing another paper for IEEE conference.  I'm using lualatex to
>produce pdf.
>
>In documen/settings/fonts, I'm set to using all defaults.  If I don't
>check 'use non-TeX fonts', the output looks good.  If I do check 'use
>non-TeX fonts', the fonts look much thinner and to my eye not very
>pleasing.  Again I have not changed any font settings from defaults.
>
>Any thoughts or suggestions?  Oh, this is lyx-2.4.0beta5.
>
>Thanks,
>Neal

Hi Neal,

I gave up on Computer Modern fonts years ago, because they're so thin
as to be difficult for a poorly sighted person to read quickly. Whether
"use non-tex fonts" is checked or not (it might be worse one way or
another, but it's not good either way). I now use exclusively (for
normal purposes):

* TeX Gyre Schola for normal serif fonts.

* TeX Gyre Heros for normal sans-serif fonts.

* TeX Gyre Cursor for monospaced fonts.

These fonts are readable, at a glance, on paper or on screen. They look
good, at least to me. All you do is install them from CTAN, check "use
non-tex fonts", and compile with LuaTeX and LuaLaTeX.

Once in a while I use Ubuntu Condensed when needing condensed fonts.

Note that if it's to be read exclusively on a screen (HTML or ePub), I
don't specify fonts, so that the user's preferences rule.

HTH,

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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