Wanted. Free (preferably OFL) sans font metric-compatible with Times New Roman.
by Yaractys from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4V7XN)
I am opinionated about fonts. A large part of this stems from Sensory Processing Disorder making many typefaces appear to warp or even accordion-fold the surface they sit on.
The worst offenders are transitional and Didone serifs, such as Times Roman and its clones/derivatives. I would particularly like to see Times New Roman die in a dumpster fire and be replaced by Bitstream Charter or Charis SIL, which are the only transitional serifs that don't torture my brain.
Old-style serifs are also okay in print material. I've never seen a book in Charter/Charis, but the difference between TNR and Garamond is the difference between functional dyslexia and reading 3 times as fast as I can talk, with high retention.
The problem is that WAY too many pdfs are printed mostly in TNR, and while pdfs can technically be edited even if they're not designed for that, different fonts take different amounts of space.
How might I find a sans font (humanist or grotesque) that is metric-compatible with Times New Roman? Also, some pdf edit tool with a replace-by-font feature would be helpful, no matter what platform it's for. I can convert to odt or docx online, but that does bizarre things to layout.
The worst offenders are transitional and Didone serifs, such as Times Roman and its clones/derivatives. I would particularly like to see Times New Roman die in a dumpster fire and be replaced by Bitstream Charter or Charis SIL, which are the only transitional serifs that don't torture my brain.
Old-style serifs are also okay in print material. I've never seen a book in Charter/Charis, but the difference between TNR and Garamond is the difference between functional dyslexia and reading 3 times as fast as I can talk, with high retention.
The problem is that WAY too many pdfs are printed mostly in TNR, and while pdfs can technically be edited even if they're not designed for that, different fonts take different amounts of space.
How might I find a sans font (humanist or grotesque) that is metric-compatible with Times New Roman? Also, some pdf edit tool with a replace-by-font feature would be helpful, no matter what platform it's for. I can convert to odt or docx online, but that does bizarre things to layout.