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Computer Modern is an abomination, the Comic Sans of software engineering. Well, that's not really fair to Comic Sans — at least it was designed by a professio
by pavlov 3y ago
Computer Modern is an abomination, the Comic Sans of software engineering.
Well, that's not really fair to Comic Sans — at least it was designed by a professional for a very specific purpose. Computer Modern is an amateur creation from the stone age of digital typography, and the only reason it persists is the silly computer science education cargo cult around it. You won't find a professional type designer with kind words to say about Computer Modern (though they are generally too polite to say anything about it).
- teddyh 3y ago> You won't find a professional type designer with kind words to say about Computer Modern (though they are generally too polite to say anything about it). “Everyone agrees with me, but nobody will say it publicly.”
- PaulHoule 3y agoI thin most people involved with type are pursuing other markets and don’t think a whole lot about the TeX universe.