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

[Gary Schnabl <gSchnabl -at- LivernoisYards -dot- com>]

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

TNR, being a newspaper typeface is somewhat narrow. I tend to use mostly 
Palatino Linotype (PL) and sometimes Georgia, in addition to TNR for 
serifs. Cambria, one of the newer Microsoft 'C' fonts released with 
Vista and Office 2007 is OK, too.

I came across a detailed typographic comparison of several typefaces 
that gave PL good marks for kerning and the like.

Gary

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