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Use fonts suitable for on-screen reading #5711

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acbits opened this issue Aug 5, 2022 · 5 comments
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Use fonts suitable for on-screen reading #5711

acbits opened this issue Aug 5, 2022 · 5 comments

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acbits commented Aug 5, 2022

The Latin Modern(?) font used is very thin and doesn't render very well on monitors with low PPI. Using fonts that have been hinted for low resolution displays might be better as it is easier on the eye.

There are many such free fonts like Tinos from Google and many other fonts that are already distributed with LaTeX or on fonts.google.com

I tried building with Tinos & Fira Mono and it looks fine to me. Attached sample patch.

--- std.tex.old	2022-08-05 11:31:11.295782333 -0400
+++ std.tex	2022-08-05 15:30:01.205108057 -0400
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 \usepackage[final]{microtype}
 \usepackage[splitindex,original]{imakeidx}
 \usepackage{multicol}
-\usepackage{lmodern}
 \usepackage{xcolor}
-\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage[TS1,T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage{tinos}
+\usepackage[scale=0.8,lf]{FiraMono}
 \usepackage[pdftex, final]{graphicx}
 \usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}
 \hypersetup{pdftitle={C++ Working Draft},
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tkoeppe commented Aug 5, 2022

Can you attach a sample screenshot, too? Note that we have quite complex typesetting requirements (e.g. requiring matching italics, smallcaps, and harmonizing sans and monospace fonts), so I'm not particularly inclined to get too wild in this regard.

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acbits commented Aug 5, 2022

Monitor_RGB_93PPI_subpixel_antialiased

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acbits commented Aug 5, 2022

I have attached a screenshot. Taken on a monitor with RGB layout & 93 PPI. If your monitor layout is not RGB, it will look fuzzy.

The fonts that I used are only a suggestion. If you know of other well hinted fonts, you may use them.

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acbits commented Aug 5, 2022

std-tinos-firamono-0.8.pdf
Also, attached the generated pdf.

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jwakely commented Aug 6, 2022

The ampersand looks a bit weird there.

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