Fonts for books, with more description in the question

[newtknight]

am putting together a book of historical documents from my library. I have
visitors to my library and I think that I could do a book on them.

I am going to use 8 1/2 X 11 inch pages of acid free paper but not finished
paper. I have two fonts I need, one for my text explaining the source of the
text. Another for the historical text itself.

For my text I want to have the feeling of being modern, credible, pleasing
to the eye, friendly, easy to read for wide accessibility, and not
off-putting by being too pretty, unfriendly, or officious or heavy.

The quotes need to be easy to read, somehow the feeling of historical
documents, but under no circumstances any romanticization or beautification.

They need to be fonts on my Word that came with my XP Windows computer.

Thanks

Ed Sebesta

 

[Jezebel]

Answered elsewhere. The demons of multi-posting!

 

[newtknight]

Answered where? I suppose this makes an officious person like yourself feel
superior.

 

[newtknight]

I am thinking of either Palatino Linotype 12 pt or 13 pt. Garamond 12 or 13
pt, and Bookman Old Style 11 pt. My text is about 10% of the book, and the
documents and image files of historical documents are about 90%.

I think that it meets my needs, is an open easy to read text for academic
and non-academic audiences. It would not be alienating. Old Goudy I think my
romanticize the texts.

 

[newtknight]

I am putting together a book of historical documents from my library. I have
visitors to my library and I think that I could do a book on them.

I am going to use 8 1/2 X 11 inch pages of acid free paper but not finished
paper. I have two fonts I need, one for my text explaining the source of the
text. Another for the historical text itself.

For my text I want to have the feeling of being modern, credible, pleasing
to the eye, friendly, easy to read for wide accessibility, and not
off-putting by being too pretty, unfriendly, or officious or heavy.

The quotes need to be easy to read, somehow the feeling of historical
documents, but under no circumstances any romanticization or beautification.

They need to be fonts on my Word that came with my XP Windows computer.

Thanks

Ed Sebesta

 

[Jonathan West]

Answered where?

I presume in one of the other groups you have posted to. You know what they
are.

I suppose this makes an officious person like yourself feel
superior.

The message was not so much intended for you as to warn others not to waste
time answering a question which had already been dealt with.

Please remember that nobody is paid to answer questions in the newsgroups.
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