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Font with correct density?


Layout for seminar paper; justified, font, size, spacingHow similar output do mathptmx and Times New Roman create?What is the secret to use fonts?Why do different fonts have different point sizes?Set the default math font back to the originalChoosing a good math font to use with Georgia text fontIncluding letters from other fontsCorrect braille fontInclude correct label with includepdfWhat font to use for source code in a document?













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I'm writing a paper for university and my professor has some formal specification. We shall use Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma as fonts. Clearly he thougth about Word when specifying this. So I searched for a fitting font in PDFLaTeX. As I want to write with serifs, I looked for one similar to Times New Roman and found newtx.



Now I want to know if this has the correct density (is this the correct term?), so if I can write as much characters as my colleagues using word and one of the mentioned fonts and not more. (Our limit is given in pages.)



My question: Has newtx a density similar to Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma?



If there are any references for looking up such values, I'd like to learn this too.










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    As Times and Arial have very different "density" I would say that the professor doesn't care. But if you are unsure: write two pages and show him the result and ask.

    – Ulrike Fischer
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I'm writing a paper for university and my professor has some formal specification. We shall use Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma as fonts. Clearly he thougth about Word when specifying this. So I searched for a fitting font in PDFLaTeX. As I want to write with serifs, I looked for one similar to Times New Roman and found newtx.



Now I want to know if this has the correct density (is this the correct term?), so if I can write as much characters as my colleagues using word and one of the mentioned fonts and not more. (Our limit is given in pages.)



My question: Has newtx a density similar to Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma?



If there are any references for looking up such values, I'd like to learn this too.










share|improve this question



















  • 3





    As Times and Arial have very different "density" I would say that the professor doesn't care. But if you are unsure: write two pages and show him the result and ask.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    4 hours ago













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I'm writing a paper for university and my professor has some formal specification. We shall use Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma as fonts. Clearly he thougth about Word when specifying this. So I searched for a fitting font in PDFLaTeX. As I want to write with serifs, I looked for one similar to Times New Roman and found newtx.



Now I want to know if this has the correct density (is this the correct term?), so if I can write as much characters as my colleagues using word and one of the mentioned fonts and not more. (Our limit is given in pages.)



My question: Has newtx a density similar to Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma?



If there are any references for looking up such values, I'd like to learn this too.










share|improve this question
















I'm writing a paper for university and my professor has some formal specification. We shall use Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma as fonts. Clearly he thougth about Word when specifying this. So I searched for a fitting font in PDFLaTeX. As I want to write with serifs, I looked for one similar to Times New Roman and found newtx.



Now I want to know if this has the correct density (is this the correct term?), so if I can write as much characters as my colleagues using word and one of the mentioned fonts and not more. (Our limit is given in pages.)



My question: Has newtx a density similar to Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma?



If there are any references for looking up such values, I'd like to learn this too.







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    As Times and Arial have very different "density" I would say that the professor doesn't care. But if you are unsure: write two pages and show him the result and ask.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    4 hours ago












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    As Times and Arial have very different "density" I would say that the professor doesn't care. But if you are unsure: write two pages and show him the result and ask.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    4 hours ago







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As Times and Arial have very different "density" I would say that the professor doesn't care. But if you are unsure: write two pages and show him the result and ask.

– Ulrike Fischer
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As Times and Arial have very different "density" I would say that the professor doesn't care. But if you are unsure: write two pages and show him the result and ask.

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There's a simple (and not necessarily correct) test you can do: Using the package typoaid you may look at values like the number of characters per width (tychperwidth) and maybe the values from the font table.



Compiling (as reference) the following document with Times New Roman:



documentclass[12pt]article
usepackagefontspec
setmainfontTimes New Roman
usepackagetypoaid
begindocument
tychperwidthrmfamilypar
tyfonttablermfamily
enddocument


I get values like



times



On the other hand, with nimbusserif and pdflatex I get



nimbus serif



documentclass[12pt]article
usepackagenimbusserif
usepackagetypoaid
begindocument
tychperwidthrmfamilypar
tyfonttablermfamily
enddocument


And finally with newtxtext and pdflatex:



newtxtext



documentclass[12pt]article
usepackagenewtxtext
usepackagetypoaid
begindocument
tychperwidthrmfamilypar
tyfonttablermfamily
enddocument


That shows how you may get very similar result. Please note that you may get even better results than your colleagues by using proper hyphenation with babel and the enhancements offered by microtype.






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    There's a simple (and not necessarily correct) test you can do: Using the package typoaid you may look at values like the number of characters per width (tychperwidth) and maybe the values from the font table.



    Compiling (as reference) the following document with Times New Roman:



    documentclass[12pt]article
    usepackagefontspec
    setmainfontTimes New Roman
    usepackagetypoaid
    begindocument
    tychperwidthrmfamilypar
    tyfonttablermfamily
    enddocument


    I get values like



    times



    On the other hand, with nimbusserif and pdflatex I get



    nimbus serif



    documentclass[12pt]article
    usepackagenimbusserif
    usepackagetypoaid
    begindocument
    tychperwidthrmfamilypar
    tyfonttablermfamily
    enddocument


    And finally with newtxtext and pdflatex:



    newtxtext



    documentclass[12pt]article
    usepackagenewtxtext
    usepackagetypoaid
    begindocument
    tychperwidthrmfamilypar
    tyfonttablermfamily
    enddocument


    That shows how you may get very similar result. Please note that you may get even better results than your colleagues by using proper hyphenation with babel and the enhancements offered by microtype.






    share|improve this answer



























      6














      There's a simple (and not necessarily correct) test you can do: Using the package typoaid you may look at values like the number of characters per width (tychperwidth) and maybe the values from the font table.



      Compiling (as reference) the following document with Times New Roman:



      documentclass[12pt]article
      usepackagefontspec
      setmainfontTimes New Roman
      usepackagetypoaid
      begindocument
      tychperwidthrmfamilypar
      tyfonttablermfamily
      enddocument


      I get values like



      times



      On the other hand, with nimbusserif and pdflatex I get



      nimbus serif



      documentclass[12pt]article
      usepackagenimbusserif
      usepackagetypoaid
      begindocument
      tychperwidthrmfamilypar
      tyfonttablermfamily
      enddocument


      And finally with newtxtext and pdflatex:



      newtxtext



      documentclass[12pt]article
      usepackagenewtxtext
      usepackagetypoaid
      begindocument
      tychperwidthrmfamilypar
      tyfonttablermfamily
      enddocument


      That shows how you may get very similar result. Please note that you may get even better results than your colleagues by using proper hyphenation with babel and the enhancements offered by microtype.






      share|improve this answer

























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        6







        There's a simple (and not necessarily correct) test you can do: Using the package typoaid you may look at values like the number of characters per width (tychperwidth) and maybe the values from the font table.



        Compiling (as reference) the following document with Times New Roman:



        documentclass[12pt]article
        usepackagefontspec
        setmainfontTimes New Roman
        usepackagetypoaid
        begindocument
        tychperwidthrmfamilypar
        tyfonttablermfamily
        enddocument


        I get values like



        times



        On the other hand, with nimbusserif and pdflatex I get



        nimbus serif



        documentclass[12pt]article
        usepackagenimbusserif
        usepackagetypoaid
        begindocument
        tychperwidthrmfamilypar
        tyfonttablermfamily
        enddocument


        And finally with newtxtext and pdflatex:



        newtxtext



        documentclass[12pt]article
        usepackagenewtxtext
        usepackagetypoaid
        begindocument
        tychperwidthrmfamilypar
        tyfonttablermfamily
        enddocument


        That shows how you may get very similar result. Please note that you may get even better results than your colleagues by using proper hyphenation with babel and the enhancements offered by microtype.






        share|improve this answer













        There's a simple (and not necessarily correct) test you can do: Using the package typoaid you may look at values like the number of characters per width (tychperwidth) and maybe the values from the font table.



        Compiling (as reference) the following document with Times New Roman:



        documentclass[12pt]article
        usepackagefontspec
        setmainfontTimes New Roman
        usepackagetypoaid
        begindocument
        tychperwidthrmfamilypar
        tyfonttablermfamily
        enddocument


        I get values like



        times



        On the other hand, with nimbusserif and pdflatex I get



        nimbus serif



        documentclass[12pt]article
        usepackagenimbusserif
        usepackagetypoaid
        begindocument
        tychperwidthrmfamilypar
        tyfonttablermfamily
        enddocument


        And finally with newtxtext and pdflatex:



        newtxtext



        documentclass[12pt]article
        usepackagenewtxtext
        usepackagetypoaid
        begindocument
        tychperwidthrmfamilypar
        tyfonttablermfamily
        enddocument


        That shows how you may get very similar result. Please note that you may get even better results than your colleagues by using proper hyphenation with babel and the enhancements offered by microtype.







        share|improve this answer












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