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>> I'm working on a document for in-house use that is allowed to be humorous,
>> and should at least be friendly. Right now, I'm using a boring old Times
>> Roman typeface, but I'm thinking about going to ITC Souvenir (Corel
>> Southern). To my eye, it looks friendlier because it's got rounder edges than
>> a standard times roman.
I have two suggestions: New Century Schoolbook was designed for children's
books -- its nice and round and friendly, not to mention quite readable.
And it also has the advantage of being available to nearly everyone; all
print shops and laserwriters generally have it.
My favourite font family right now is the Adobe Stone series; they are quite
well designed, very readable, and modern-looking. And the advantage
of Stone is that all the styles in the family are designed to work together:
the Serifs go naturally with the San Serifs. Stone Familiar, in particular,
might be worth looking into.
Someone else mentioned Palatino; well, I'll shrug and say OK, but in
my experience Palatino has become "the new Times." Everyone seems to
be using it for body text nowadays. I think I've written several
thousand pages in Palatino. :)
Of course, there's nothing WRONG with a popular font; there's a good
reason why Times Roman and its ilk have survived this long.
