Basic Sans and Basic Roman

[sergiuvolda]

I would like some clarification regarding the Basic Sans and Basic Roman fonts included in the SoftMaker Office installation:

1. Is Basic Roman metrically compatible with Times New Roman?
2. Is Basic Sans metrically compatible with Arial?

[lgsl]

Yes. Both Basic Roman and Basic sans are meant to be metrically compatible with TNR and Arial. At least to a degree good enough for most people not to notice the small differences.

As an alternative you could also take a look at the Liberation font family that also is intended to be metrically compatible to TNR and Arial.