On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 7:20 PM Mary Ann Horton <mah@mhorton.net> wrote:

> I recall attending a TeX lecture by Knuth around 1981. He said he wasn't
> satisfied with the character layout from other formatting programs,
> which drove him to write TeX. He illustrated in great detail the kerning
> and exact placement of the font characters next to each other. I
> couldn't tell the difference, but clearly it was very important to him.
> He wanted his documents to look perfect.
>

Yes!  That goes to one of my original points.  While it is true that CM
fonts have a particular look that may be interpreted as "better", there is
a lot more to it.

Blake McBride