Re: TECH: Font question

On May 1, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Carsten Becker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2008/5/1, Herman Miller <hmiller@...>:
>>
>> I use Gentium, but it isn't much like Times New Roman (other than
>> being a
>> serif font). SILDoulosUnicodeIPA is more like a Times New Roman
>> style if you
>> want something to match Times New Roman, but I like the look of
>> Gentium
>> better.
>
>
>
> Gentium looks pretty nice, though for some reason I have problems
> with it
> when converting a document into PDF with OO's PDF function. It
> works when I
> use a virtual printer (via Ghostscript), but then there is no way
> of keeping
> the table of contents functionality. At least not with the program
> I use
> (FreePDF XP).
I'm a little confused. What do you use FreePDF XP for? I thought
Ghostscript could output PDF directly.

> However, Thryomanes should be very much close to Times New
> Roman regarding the character design. Titus Cyberbit is as well,
> but the
> line height of the characters is higher there, about 1.5 times the
> default
> line height of Times.
>
> Regards
> Carsten
> ... using the Gmail web interface and hoping that this mail will go to
> Conlang-L and not only to Herman.

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