Re: What's wrong with Times New Roman?; was, RE: Hey! She messed with *my* manual

[quills -at- airmail -dot- net]

Well, yes there are other fonts that work as well or better than Times 
New Roman.

Be aware that Times and Times New Roman were created for the narrow 
columns of a newspaper (hence the name Times, as in New York Times, 
etc.). The Times and Times New Roman face is very narrow to accomodate 
narrow columns. If you don't like that, try a font with a different 
ratio of height to width. Minion is one such, Caslon  and Century are 
other, and Garamond is yet a fourth.

If you don't like a pure serif, and want something in between try a 
semi-serif like Optima. It has the graduated stems that approximate a 
serif font, yet still has the clean lines of a sans-serif.

Scott


Leonard C. Porrello wrote:
> Not a fan at all. Just wondering what's wrong with it and what I could
> use instead. My understanding is that serifed fonts are more readable in
> print and sans-serif fonts are more readable on-line. So, if there is a
> better alterative to TNR for printed text, I'd love to know.
>
> Leonard
>   

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