From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/46042 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Peter Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Times New Roman Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:23:54 -0500 Message-ID: <438C7AFB-168F-4146-85CF-05F08AC6D89D@mac.com> References: <4F2F6B0F-3DD5-484A-B809-B99DE7B5BE26@princeton.edu> <6faad9f00812010604i3428b6a0u7dbc040ef925630d@mail.gmail.com> <68bfdc900812010628y18e3b721l656147df0cc0d005@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228150669 18005 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2008 16:57:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:57:49 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Dec 01 17:58:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L7C6a-0004lh-Ox for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:58:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F4D61FDD1; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:57:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02642-08-9; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:55:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF521FDCF; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:48:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46DB41FDCF for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:48:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01168-10-8 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:45:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from asmtpout018.mac.com (asmtpout018.mac.com [17.148.16.93]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF3EC1FD3B for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:24:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.101] (pool-71-187-121-18.nwrknj.east.verizon.net [71.187.121.18]) by asmtp018.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KB7003VIHJVJ430@asmtp018.mac.com> for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:24:00 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: <68bfdc900812010628y18e3b721l656147df0cc0d005@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:46042 Archived-At: On Dec 1, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Yue Wang wrote: > Termes is a TeX Gyre version of Times Roman (almost the same glyphs). Which stems from URW Nimbus, a clone of Linotype version of Times Roman. > Times New Roman is a Microsoft version of Times Roman. Actually, TNR is the Monotype version of the typeface, licensed by Microsoft, but with widths adjusted to match Times Roman, which was a Linotype typeface. To make matters more fun, Apple licensed its version from Linotype. And for cosmic revenge, Monotype bought Linotype, so there's just one company now. > Times New Roman is more illegible than Times Roman. The only design differences are minimal. The serifs of C and S, for example, are more vertical in the Monotype version, and the italic z is more calligraphic in the Linotype version, but in large part, the two versions are identical. Personally, for book text, I think you ought to use Times Ten, which is designed for that. Both Times Roman and Times New Roman were originally designed as newspapers typefaces to be set on very short measures and are therefore too narrow for book use. Steve ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________