Suggestions on fonts and foundries

Suggestions on fonts and foundries

[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.

Tom Benjey
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Re: Suggestions on fonts and foundries

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

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).


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Re: Suggestions on fonts and foundries

[John Haltiwanger]

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This site might provide a good place to ask further advice:

http://typedia.com/forum/viewcategory/1/


On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>wrote:

> 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
> ---
> http://www.fiee.net/texnique/
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net
> https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
>
>
>
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