Re: Replacement suggestions for Century Schoolbook?

[Urs Liska]

Am 07.01.2013 12:14, schrieb David Kastrup:
> Henning Hraban Ramm <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Am 2013-01-07 um 10:14 schrieb Urs Liska:
> >
> > > I'd like to collect some suggestion for a replacement font for
> > > Century Schoolbook.
> > > So (to finally get to the point) I'd be happy about suggestions for
> > > good free text fonts to use with LilyPond.
> > > They should be well equipped in terms of language support and have a
> > > good array of weights and spacings.
> > Hi Urs,
> > I nearly always use TeX Gyre Schola for the lyrics in my lead sheets
> > and songbooklets - mostly the same as Century Schoolbook, because it’s
> > very good readable even under bad light conditions.
> Wouldn't those be pretty much exactly the same as the URW++ clones of
> Century Schoolbook, except for supporting a larger character set?
Well, I think so. One of the problems - at least for my style sheet, but 
probably more generally also - is that the default font is pretty wide 
and therefore is a problem for tight horizontal spacing.

> And quite possibly more weights, so that might address one perceived
> shortcoming.