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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
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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