> From: William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
>
> I'm using "Noto Serif" in LibreOffice Writer.  But, it looks a bit crowded.  I
> prefer "Times Roman" style, at least for my resume and cover letter.
>
> What font are you using in LibreOffice Writer?

[Impractical thoughts prompted by the question.]

It's been a long time since I paid much attention to fonts.  Mostly
because stuff I create is fontless.

One big trouble in the beginning was getting open source fonts.  I'm
talking 1970s when Bill Reeves and others managed to get TROFF going on a
Varian plotter.

Eventually, it was decided that US law (who cares about others) didn't
allow copyright protection on fonts but did allow trademark protection on
their names.  That's why Apple called their Helvetica "Geneva", for
example.

So I'm surprised to wake up and find Times Roman in open source software. 
Times New Roman is the original trademarked name (Monotype).  Times Roman
is the Linotype knock-off.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman>

Reading that wikipedia article gives hints about how deeply aesthetic,
perceptual, and rendering issues were considered.  There is a certain
worship of the Old School type designers.  Any quick look at Computer
Modern font will show that they were onto some things that Knuth was not.

(I also learned that the Times is now a tabloid, since 2004!  I haven't
cared about the Times since it deteriorated under Murdoch in the 1980s.)
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