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From: clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Fonts at 300 dpi (was: Wanted - Review of "Ellington" Font)
Summary: Don't kick your dog, beat your wife, or print Optima 10 at 300dpi
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Date: 8 Nov 90 16:07:05 GMT
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In article <6C$^32+@rpi.edu> kibo@pawl.rpi.edu (James 'Kibo' Parry) writes:
>
>Some other Adobe fonts that I think look nice at 300dpi are Palatino
>(with its nice italics) and Optima (one of the more readable sans-serif
>...
>

Aaauuughhh! Don't get me wrong--I *love* Optima. I think Hermann Zapf is
a god and any type he does is okay by me. But please, PLEASE don't ruin
Optima by printing it in text sizes (10-12 points) at 300 dpi. All the
beautiful subtlety of that face, the swells at the ends of the strokes
that make Optima the sans-serif face in a class by itself--they just
go away at those sizes.  May I suggest, instead, Univers? I personally
find it boring, but it holds up well at small sizes.

I saw some "presentations graphics" recently that were done in Kabel, and
they looked terrific. Kabel has always struck me, from the font catalog
samples at least, as one of those faces with too much personality for its
own good, but I have revised my opinion after seeing these extremely
stylish charts.

And a third suggestion: If you want the feel of a sans-serif but don't
want to sacrifice readability or interest, try one of the square serifs.
Glypha is one I've been using a lot lately. It has the crisp, no-nonsense
quality of a sans, but more fun to look at and less intimidating too.


Oh, and I cast my vote in favor of the diamond-shaped dots in Goudy. :-)

--Kathy




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