Moving to IDCS3 We'd like to attempt to start using only Open type fonts.
For the body copy in our publications we've used ITC Garamond. It would be nice to go with Garamond Pro but we just don't care for the look of it (x height is smaller) Any thoughts on an OT replacement font?

Thanks.

ITC Garamond Std.

http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/stor...kage&code=1059

But why? I can see buying new OT fonts, but if you already have a
perfectly good font, why spend $195 for the OT version? The only good
reason I can think of is if you're working cross-platform.

--
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com

"but why?"

Well, if you're using features like ligatures and fractions and whatnot,
even small caps and non-lining figures, it's a lot more convenient to use
Opentype where all these substitutions take place automatically than to use
an old font and keep having to switch to the Expert Set and the Small Caps
style etc. etc.

It would be nice to go with Garamond Pro but we just don't care for the
look of it (x height is smaller).




SLLD, Ken's already pointed you to the OT version of ITC Garamond, so I'll just note that ITC Garamond doesn't resemble any of the many other fonts bearing the name "Garamond". (In fact, many consider it a travesty for it to be called Garamond in the first place.)

Well, if you're using features like ligatures and fractions and whatnot,
even small caps and non-lining figures, it's a lot more convenient to
use Opentype.




In general, yes, but in this one specific case I don't believe that the OT version of ITC Garamond has such nice features. You're getting perhaps a few extra glyphs (eg, the euro) and easier acess to a couple of ligatures for your $195. For future fonts, SLLD may get better returns.

Yes, we'd like to use it cross platform. So the ITC Garamond Std isn't bundled with ID, right?

ITC Garamond Std is not bundled with any Adobe applications. Only fonts from the “Adobe Originals” series of fonts are currently ever bundled with Adobe applications.

- Dov

Yes, we'd like to use it cross platform.




The Windows version can be used on the Mac - if it's Type 1, place it in the Adobe fonts folder, if it's TT, then (correct me if I'm wrong) it can just be installed as normal on a Mac.