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Article #61Re: why are all books Times Roman ?
From: Walt Brainerd
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1989 02:42
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1989 02:42
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In article <485@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>, stevens@hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens) writes: > Why are almost all technical books done in Times Roman these days ? I actually typeset books to make a buck (using profficient, an enhanced troff, no less) and in recent years I would say that less than half have used Times. Garamond, Century, Paladium (Palatino) and others have all been popular with the big book publishers like Benjamin Cummings, Wiley, Prentice-Hall, etc. 10/12 is quite adequate when using a real typesetter, but I agree that those who produce laser printer documentation should seriosly consider 11/13 to save old eyes like mine. Walt Brainerd Unicomp, Inc. brainerd@unmvax.unm.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!brainerd From: brainerd@unmvax.unm.edu (Walt Brainerd) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: why are all books Times Roman ? Summary: Not all are in Times Keywords: typefaces, fonts Message-ID: <136@unmvax.unm.edu> Date: 13 Jun 89 02:42:22 GMT References: <485@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> Organization: University of New Mexico at Albuquerque Lines: 14