Re: Sans-serif free Unicode font (was Re: Ghostscript 9.15)

[Marc Hohl]

Am 25.03.2015 um 18:58 schrieb Carl Sorensen:
> On 3/25/15 6:54 AM, "address@hidden" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I think the fonts we're looking for should have a similarly classic or
> > old-fashioned look as Century.
> >
> > Maybe we should look for fonts that (optionally) ship with texlive.
>
> Hunting around for sans-serif fonts that work well with CenturySchoolbook,
> I found this:
>
> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/13598/which-sans-serif-and-monospace
> -fonts-suit-century-schoolbook
>
>
> which recommends Franklin Gothic and Helvetica.  Neither one looks
> particularly good to me.
>
> There is a large set of Google fonts, many of which are available under
> the SIL Open Font License (a free license).  You can see samples at
>
>
> http://www.google.com/fonts
>
>
> And filter for sans serif.
>
>
> I think that the following show some promise:
>
> Alegreya Sans
> Open Sans
> Marmelad
> Droid Sans (Apache license)
>
> Some others recommend Oswald from google fonts.
>
> Of course, I'm really bad with making font decisions, but to my eye there
> aren't really *any* sans-serif fonts that go well with classical engraving.

+1

Is there any recommendation whether to use sans serif fonts for chord 
names? I used the text font (serif) in the latest projects of mine where 
chord symbols were needed.

Marc

> Carl
>
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