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From: elwell@osu-eddie.UUCP (Clayton Elwell)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Quality of TeX fonts
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Date: Sat, 7-Mar-87 03:17:56 EST
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The major improvements I've noticed in going from the "am" fonts to the
"cm" fonts are:

1.  The x-height (the distance from the baseline to the top of a lower
    case "x") was increased.  The main effects of this are to make a
    paragraph of text a more even texture, and to make it more legible
    on low resolution output devices (like 300 dpi laser printers).

2.  The proportions of several characters were twiddled around to make
    the letterforms more consistent with each other.  This makes the
    text more attractive and legible.

Even with these improvements, I still find Computer Modern to be cramped and
inelegant.  This is a matter of personal taste, however.


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