From: Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Suggestions on fonts and foundries
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:26:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <595D3D7F-C3A8-4ABE-8448-574635B1AE8E@fiee.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <002301cab8f2$e444c8f0$acce5ad0$@com>
Am 2010-03-01 um 04:54 schrieb Tom:
> Some time back I recall seeing a message in which someone discussed
> using
> fonts available from foundries and recommended certain ones.
> Unfortunately,
> I can't seem to find that message. I will probably need one serif
> font for
> the text of the book, a plain sans serif font to use for entries in
> a table,
> a fancier sans serif font for chapter titles and, possibly a different
> not-too-plain sans serif font for page headers. Also, I can't figure
> out how
> to tell ConTeXt which font to use for page headers.
I guess you know http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts ?
Without knowing the subject and/or intended audience of your book I
can't suggest suitable fonts.
Generally I find Palatino (TeX Gyre Pagella) with Frutiger (in a
pinch: MS Calibri) a very good combination, even if rather conservative.
SIL Gentium is also a very nice body font, if you like a "soft, human"
touch. Linotype Finnegan is a matching sans-serif; perhaps try
Libertine Biolinum, if you want a free one.
For more technically looking sans's I like LM Sans and URW Grotesk
(especially in small sizes).
Greetlings from Lake Constance!
Hraban
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2010-03-01 3:54 Tom
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