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From: sandrock@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: font flames
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Date: 19 May 88 17:20:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!sandrock    May 19 12:20:00 1988
Posted: Thu May 19 13:20:00 1988


I chose ITC Garamond for the magazine I publish, but also feel that each
application dictates a particular general typestyle.  For example, the
magazine Publish! use Trump Mediaeval (sp?), which is a very dynamic type,
and one which seems very appropriate for their publication. It seems to
remind me of Palatino, another dynamic and artistic typeface (in my book),
yet also seems to be (despite its name) a very "modern" typeface.

Years ago I came across a little pamphlet, which was set in Helios Light,
and I remember being struck by the beauty of the layout. As far as I know,
the nearest PS font to Helios would be Helvetica, but to me it is more of
a special-purpose font than a general-purpose one. I doubt it would look
well in many applications unless properly handled. Also, the use of sans-
serif for text seems to be more common in Europe than in the US. (The Helios
Light pamphlet refered to earlier was from Germany btw.)

Before buying ITC Garamond Light from Adobe, I tried both 10/14 and 11/14
Times Roman for the body of the magazine, and was fairly impressed with it.
(This was using about a 27 pica line--wider lines might not have read as well.)
In my opinion, Garamond does come across with more refinement and grace, in
the case of the magazine (Grail World) I am publishing, but Times is still
very much on my list of favorite font families, along with the others I have
mentioned above.

Best regards,
Mark Sandrock