[scribus] Font fitting best - style question

[Teodor-Toma Silvestru Muntean]

All you point, is good (more or less), but I recomand Alegreya serif to be considered (it look like from larger family, so some harmony [in line and forms] is natural)





> On 15 Sep 2022, at 12:12, Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-sse at osnanet.de> wrote:
> 
> Now this is a question to the layout professionals here...
> 
> Currently I am working on a PDF form which contains fields to be filled.
> 
> Our standard font is Syntax, but I would like to use some serif font for the PDF fields (to be able to distinguish I and l for instance and because it is better readable) in bold. And it shouldn't look too ugly.
> 
> Is there a style guide of some kind which has some tips how to choose a serif font fitting best in combination with a sans font?
> 
> For a first trial, I chose Times New Roman Bold, but it looks terrible with Syntax.
> 
> I browsed the fonts on my system, and I found the following looking best with Syntax:
> - Linux Libertine O Bold
> - New Century Schoolbook Bold
> - URW Palladio L Bold
> - Utopic Bold
> 
> But I am not sure if there is maybe something better. So thank you for every input!
> 
> Regards
> Rolf
> 
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