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🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Feb 4 05:54 PM UTC in reply to Lev Grigoriev from 03:31 PM:

Because of the name, I didn't realize that STIX Two Text was based on Times New Roman. However, in comparisons between the two fonts, STIX Two Text looks much better than Times New Roman. It also looks better than related alternatives, such as Tinos, TeX Gyre Termes, and Doulos SIL.

In comparison to Literata, STIX Two Text makes it easier for me to read whole words at a glance, whereas with Literata, I spend more time looking at individual characters, which causes me to read more slowly. This may be partly because some characters in Literata look unusual, such as the lowercase g and the uppercase Q. Somehow, the characters in Literata seem stiffer and more isolated than those in STIX Two Text, which flow together better. One thing that may be contributing to this is that the characters are taller in Literata. In tests, a smaller character height made it easier to read both Charis SIL and STIX Two Text. Additionally, it has long been a peeve of mine that the italics in Literata look rather unusual and distinctive. Italics are supposed to flow together, but each character in Literata's italics would stand out as its own character. I prefer how the italics in STIX Two Text look completely normal, the way italics should look.


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