I think your imagined professional would tell you "don't use TNR. Ever."Montag wrote:But in terms of a good approach with some professional finesse ... do not mix Minion with TNR (or its clones), please.Not than I'm a professional in the field typegraphy, but I'm sure many would agree with my personal opinion.
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I think this is correct, imo. Although I have to say, I don't want to read it on any a4 page anymore. It's beyond overused. 
Surely not -- Times New Roman is an inferior clone of Times, but even the latter is not recommended for most common uses -- it was designed for newspaper use (hence the name), with extremely narrow columns.Montag wrote:@paul: In "my favorite" German typography forum, TNR also stands for readability.
Absolutely. But if one is about to mix two typefaces, I'd always rather use sans serif for math, than another serif. Note: by "math" I mean only display math, not inline (which introduces another topic for discussion). Minion + Times (any kind of it) is badMontag wrote: I'd definitely recommend serif math over math set in sans serif.
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