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Ironically, Computer Modern is terrible to read on computer displays. It was designed for ink and toner bleed, and looks great when printed on 1970s-era Xerox p
by tadfisher 8y ago
Ironically, Computer Modern is terrible to read on computer displays. It was designed for ink and toner bleed, and looks great when printed on 1970s-era Xerox printers [1], but it's far too thin for digital rendering.
I might suggest Bitstream Charter for a well-designed and readable analogue to CMR for digital use.
[1] https://www.typografie.info/3/topic/22238-ist-die-computer-modern-wirklich-zu-d%C3%BCnn/ https://www.typografie.info/3/topic/22238-ist-die-computer-m... (German language)
- timClicks 8y agoA very good font family for screens that's openly licensed is Inter[2]. It's well designed and also quite versatile. [2] https://rsms.me/inter/ https://rsms.me/inter/
- khaled 8y agoThat is the Type 1 realization of it, the original Metafont outputs bitmaps tailored for the target device. Unfortunately no widely font rendering library supports Metafont directly, so they are often converted to Type 1 or OpenType and loose that capability.