TESTS OF METRICS FOR FONT SUBSTITUTION

About The original is to be found as an annex to http://www.OOoNinja.com/2008/02/metrical-equivalent- -and-font.html by Andrew Z. on February 1, 2008. This document edited on March 14, 2014 by Dominique Meeùs in LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 350m1 (Build:2) and converted to PDF from LibreOffice. All tests are done at 12 pt font size. vs close shapes: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789, Times New Roman The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789, FreeSerif The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789, The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789, Nimbus Roman No9 L The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and it doesn’ t hurt me. 123456789, TeXGyreTermes Times New Roman vs FreeSerif: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Times New Roman vs FreeSerif: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs FreeSerif: vertical test (FreeSerif with line spacing 94 %) The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs : horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Times New Roman vs Gentium: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs GentiumAlt: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Times New Roman vs GentiumAlt: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs Liberation : horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Times New Roman vs Liberation Serif: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs Nimbus Roman No9 L: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Times New Roman vs Nimbus Roman No9 L: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis

Times New Roman vs TeXGyreTermes: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’ t hurt me. 123456789 Times New Roman vs TeXGyreTermes: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. eat glass and it doesn’ t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs TeXGyrePagella The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem can eat glass and it doesn’ t hurt me. 123456789 ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs TeXGyreSchola The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem I can eat glass and it doesn’ t hurt me. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs TeXGyreBonum The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’ t hurt ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs Georgia The difference is quite obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs The difference is quite obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs Serif The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs Century Schoolbook L The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs DejaVu Serif The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. Times New Roman vs URW Palladio L The difference is quite obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs URW Bookman L The difference is quite obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Times New Roman vs Linux Libertine: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Times New Roman vs Linux Libertine: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis

Times New Roman vs Linux Biolinum The difference is quite obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Arial vs Liberation Sans: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 vs Liberation Sans: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Arial vs L: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Arial vs Nimbus Sans L: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id Nulla mattis turpis. velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Arial vs FreeSans: horizontal test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Arial vs FreeSans: vertical test The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc velit. Nulla mattis turpis. sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Arial vs Bitstream Vera Sans The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. velit. Nulla mattis turpis. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis. Arial vs DejaVu Sans The difference is so obvious, only one test is necessary. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt me. dog. I can eat glass and it doesn’t hurt 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, me. 123456789 Lorem ipsum dolor sit consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec vitae nunc amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec sed nibh venenatis varius. Proin congue nisl id vitae nunc sed nibh venenatis varius. velit. Nulla mattis turpis. Proin congue nisl id velit. Nulla mattis turpis.

Fonts used in this document Font name Version count Arial ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 (ms corefonts, the monotype corporation plc, 1992) Bitstream Charter 229 2.0-1.0, type 1, x11 Bitstream Vera 268 1.10, ttf-bitstream-vera 1.10-8 (precise) Century Schoolbook L 563 1.06, gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4.2ubuntu1 (precise) DejaVu Serif 3 399 ttf-dejavu 2.33-2ubuntu1 (precise) FreeSerif 8 995 ttf-freefont 20100919-1 (precise) Gentium 1 699 fonts-gentium 20081126:1.02-12(precise) Georgia 585 ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 (ms corefonts, the monotype corporation plc, 1992) Liberation Serif 671 fonts-liberation 1.07.0-2ubuntu0.1 (precise-updates) Linux Biolinum 2 494 1.1.0, fonts-linuxlibertine 5.1.3-1 (precise) Linux Libertine 2 630 5.1.3, fonts-linuxlibertine 5.1.3-1 (precise) Nimbus 563 1.06, gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4.2ubuntu1 (precise) TeXGyreBonum, 1 090 -gyre 2.004.1-2.1ubuntu1 Pagella, Schola, Termes Times New Roman 1 320 2.82, ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 (ms corefonts, the monotype corporation plc, 1992) URW Bookman L 545 1.06, gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4.2ubuntu1 (precise) URW Palladio L 525 1.06, gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4.2ubuntu1 (precise)