Re: font comparison table

On 30 Apr 2006 08:31:48 -0700, Dan.Kelley@xxxxxx wrote:
Does anyone reading this know of a site that compares fonts for use by
pdflatex? Ideally, it would be a site with screenshots of paragraphs
typeset in a range of fonts, plus discussion threads.

If you just need text fonts and are willing to buy commercial fonts,
you are not really restricted: find out about typefaces from whatever
sources of information you consider trustworthy.

If you need math support and are unwilling to pay for fonts, your
choices are more limited:

http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hartke/computer/latex/survey/survey.html

If you need math support and are willing to buy fonts, you can see
what's available at

http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts.htm
http://www.tug.org/yandy/options.htm
http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb19-2/tb59bouc.pdf

Bob T.
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