QUOTE(fixtatik @ Mar 15 2009, 03:51 PM)
you need to convert font files to latex font files to do this? it seems an awful amount of work unless you're self-published novelist or journalist.
LaTeX ships with a variety of fonts (and not cheap knock-off fonts like Arial or Georgia, but nice fonts like Helvetica, Times, and Garamond).
QUOTE(divergent @ Mar 15 2009, 04:10 PM)
I liked how the Latex one makes typed projects look better, but I've used OOo before, it's UI is ugly. I couldn't find a single screenshot of Latex from
http://www.latex-project.org/ overall, I like the UI for ms word, it's just much more userfriendly.
LaTeX files are just text files, so you just edit them in a text editor. I guess there are some GUI interfaces for LaTeX, but I've never used them so I can't comment.
LaTeX has a higher learning curve, but the results are
stunning, because the program is designed to produce output suitable for publishing.