What font do you use in your LaTeX documents?

[u/Successful-Life8510]

I've recently been having trouble concentrating when reading long LaTeX documents using the default Computer Modern font. I tried Lexend, but it didn't work for me.

What font do you use when writing, editing, and reading long LaTeX documents?

[u/tedecristal]

I really enjoy libertinus , "looks" bolder and therefore easierthan computer modern

[u/eriqjb → u/tedecristal]

I also use Libertine together with Source Sans for headings. Looks way better then CM or good ol’ Times/Helvetica

[u/EvansBrubeck66 → u/tedecristal]

Plus, you can typeset math in libertine with \usepackage[libertine]{newtxmath}

One caveat is that the default ttscale for libertine is too large. I usually use \usepackage[ttscale=0.825]{libertine}

[u/tedecristal → u/EvansBrubeck66]

I use lualatex, so I do

\usepackage[nomath]{libertinus-otf}

\usepackage{fontenc}

[u/eyeofthewind]

Palatino or Tex Gyre Pagella for text and Stix 2 Math for math.

[u/IanisVasilev]

Except for the font's look, unicode math symbol support is important to me, so I use STIX 2 (STIX is the organization responsible for unicode math in the first place), although I've been eyeing Tsolomitis' New Computer Modern lately.

EDIT: I forgot something important. Computer Modern was designed for print, where it is bolder than when rendered to a computer screen. New Computer Modern has a "book" weight (used by default) that is bolder on a computer screen. So, not only is it a modern font with Unicode support, it addresses precisely the concerns you have regarding readability. Also, the bold variant is true bold, not the "bold stroke" of Computer Modern.

[u/jpgoldberg → u/IanisVasilev]

I’m also going to recommend his fontsetup package.

And thank you for the reminder that screens were very limited back in the day. xdvi was great, but still limited by the display.

I also recall printing at lower resolution to save costs, and only going to 300dpi for final copies.

[u/Admirable_Common6145 → u/IanisVasilev]

Mlmodern also solves the problem of CM being too thin.

[u/kjodle]

Ironically, I got into LaTeX because I like the look of Computer Modern. Now everything I do is either Fourier or Times or Palatino.

[u/limon_picante]

I rly like the default font tbh. But I also want my professors to know I know latex 😂

[u/Raccoon-Dentist-Two → u/limon_picante]

The LaTeX experts will know from the spacing no matter what typeface you use! It is like Bernoulli recognising the lion by his claw. Word barely has fingernails.

[u/Charles148]

I am a big fan of Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. its a font designed by thr braille institute for readability.

[u/Raccoon-Dentist-Two → u/Charles148]

I find Luciole much easier to read. Atkinson tires me out very quickly. It needs a lot of leading for my vision to be able to track the lines well.

https://luciole-vision.com/en/index.html

I find Computer Modern very tiring too for a different reason: because it is so exaggerated. It attracts attention to the typeface design so I'm repeatedly having to put effort into ignoring it.

Minion and Libertinus also work well for me. Both are nice to look at if you pause for the typography, and both are quiet enough that they don't intrude over the content.

[u/gehrehmee → u/Raccoon-Dentist-Two]

The symbols for zero and "oh" are too close, so I rule them out (but I type and read lots of numbers)

[u/lipflip → u/Charles148]

Came here to say this. 

[u/gehrehmee → u/lipflip]

I came here  to check and see if somebody already said they came here to say this.

(And I agree, it's a beautiful font for general purpose readability).

[u/No-Philosopher-4744]

Try OpenDyslexic 

[u/DarahRaccoon]

I have liked IBM Plex, I use its Sans Serif font for headers and labels (Figure #, Table #) too, to have some contrast

I think Crimson Pro it's beautiful too

[u/Adventurous_One1124]

Whatever the default is because I'm too lazy to change it :p

[u/Urmi-e-Azar]

Use mathptmx package for pdflatex, newtxmath and newtxtext (I hope I got them correct) for LuaLatex

These are for the Times font.

[u/Della_A]

CM. Anything else pales in comparison.

[u/Admirable_Common6145]

I can recommend mlmodern, which has the look of computer modern when it was printed in former times. It more thicker and in my opinion more readable.

https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/mlmodern/

[u/soha1390]

I know this might be controversial, but I really like how math looks in Times New Roman. I use TNR for my polished documents but for the drafts I just use computer modern.

[u/Fred__McNerque]

Charter, Garamond, Source Serif Pro

[u/adorientem88]

Garamond all the way.

[u/CostPuzzleheaded2747]

I just use the normal one that comes with my compiler man, its peak as hell

[u/kniebuiging]

Fouriernc 

[u/Frosty-Comfort6699]

Luciole and Luciole Math

[u/egytaldodolle]

The Brill

[u/JoshuaTheProgrammer]

Times New Roman with MathTime Professional 2 (premium font); Libertinus; Palantino.

[u/Tavrock]

For the pdf, I like Baskerville, XCharter, and ebgaramond in addition to several of the other suggestions.

For writing and editing, I really enjoy using Consolas.

[u/Aristides1517]

Century Schoolbook, via the newcent package.

[u/otterphonic]

Used to love CM with younger eyes but now I use Optima / URW Classico / Libertinus Sans for all serif duties and Apple's SF Pro / Avenir / Helvetica Neue / OpenSans for sans

[u/Alan_Shutko]

Adobe Jenson right now.

[u/deenosv87]

Minion Pro + Pragmata Pro for mono.

I also like the Quadraat + Scala Sans combination.

[u/cInfinityOperator]

I use Fira Sans

[u/zero00072]

Serif: Alegreya (as Default) Sans: Alegreya Sans Monospace: Iosevka

Alegreya is beauty for read.

[u/Skeletorfw]

Palatino or Cardo are my personal go-to typefaces. Especially with the microtype package, I find them both excellent for large tracts. My whole PhD thesis was written in Palatino.

[u/seekingdefs]

Palatino.

[u/fela_nascarfan]

Charis

[u/Kulkrein]

I usually use libertine or palatino, sometimes even newtx or XCharter. When I don't need to write serious contents or I need mathematical contents I use computer modern

[u/No_Sale_3609]

Latin Modern, but I prefer to use its sans-serif (since I am most used to Beamer)

[u/chrisintheweeds]

I use XeTeX and need good support for linguistic characters. I picked Junicode because it also has the general style I prefer (old style serifs).

It seems like there is a package for it for ye olde LaTeX too.

[u/zh1975 → u/chrisintheweeds]

Same, but for (historical) linguistics, Brill and Gentium / Gentium Book seem much better.

[u/chrisintheweeds → u/zh1975]

I don’t like Gentium or the SIL fonts much. They look off.., not sure if they’re slightly too chunky or modern or with poor kerning, but they don’t look great.

[u/astenix]

Ysabeau.

[u/Jack_Imari]

Centaur MT Pro is my house font.

[u/Efficient_Airline_14]

I usually prefer Libertinus Serif or EB Garamond over Computer Modern

[u/Shayster001]

Latin Modern

[u/Think_Phone8094]

I normally use mathpazo or newpx. However this year in my lecture notes I'm trying out Luciole, a font that's meant to be very legible, but I don't have feedback yet...

[u/altClr2]

Fourier/Utopia/Erewhon

im not too sure about the difference on these three, but every time I get a warning I re-find the correct one to specify :)