it's a latecomer to being as widely available for free as Garamond was.
What's your take on Adobe Garamond vrs the Classic font?
Can you tell me what font King's uses: I find the Italic "J" intriguing (c.f. In dulci jubilo, p. 18).
Nine Lessons and Carols 2014
What fonts do you all think read as particularly Catholic / Roman / Latin ?
Bembo = Catholic:
He is also responsible for Perpetua,
Gill Sans
the underrated Joanna
For all my chant typesetting, though, I use Constantia. It just seems ... seemly.
That's also the giveaway with Palatino (and Palatino Linotype):The giveaway with Garamond is the capital P. It doesn't close.
I am rather committed to using Linux Libertine (with old style ligatures) in my chant typesetting with LaTeX.
What is the deep and significant reason?
I first came across it as the default font on the old Gregorio typesetting page.
Goudy looks like a comic-strip car driving away.
I just looked up High Tower Text, which is one of my favourites. It is a 1994 'up-date' by Tobias Frere-Jones of a 1470 Roman font by Nicholas Jennings. In addition to the letters, I prefer the style of the numerals, wherein certain ones, such as 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, dip below the line - as they are supposed to do!
Can you provide a sample?
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