improve fonts

README.md

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 
-# A slightly improved bachelor thesis template
+# A slightly improved thesis template
 
-- modern packages
+What's new:
-- modern fonts
+
+- modern packages (biblatex, cleveref, font choices)
+- useful hints and some example typesetting
 - less confusing directory structure
 - slightly more useful examples (figures, diagrams, tables, code listings)
-- Czech version has correctly named references
+- autobuilding of abstract PDF/A from metadata
-- builds abstracts
+- university-wide variants of the front page
+- Czech localization with nicely named references
 
 See the [pre-built version](build/thesis.pdf) for details
 
 ## How-to
 
-1. Type `make`, check that everything compiles. You should get a `thesis.pdf` that passes PDF-A validation. If not, complain.
+1. Type `make`, check that everything compiles. You should get a `thesis.pdf` that passes the PDF/A validation. If not, complain.
 2. Fill in `metadata.tex` and all `xmpdata` files.
 3. Look at the example code (there are several hints), remember it, erase it.
 4. Write the thesis.

macros.tex

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   tabsize=2,
   showstringspaces=false,
   basicstyle=\footnotesize\tt\color{black!75},
-  identifierstyle=\color{black},
+  identifierstyle=\bfseries\color{black},
   commentstyle=\color{green!50!black},
   stringstyle=\color{red!50!black},
   keywordstyle=\color{blue!75!black}}

thesis.tex

@@ -15,10 +15,26 @@
 %
 %\usepackage[textwidth=145mm,textheight=247mm]{geometry}
 
-% font for typesetting (choose one)
+
-%\usepackage{lmodern} % TeX "original" (popular in math)
+%%% FONTS %%%
+\usepackage{lmodern} % TeX "original" (this sets up the latin mono)
+
+% Optionally choose an override for the main font for typesetting
 \usepackage[mono=false]{libertinus} % popular for comp-sci (ACM uses this)
 %\usepackage{tgschola} % Schoolbook-like (gives a bit of historic feel)
+%\usepackage[scale=0.96]{tgpagella} % Palladio-like (popular in formal logic).
+
+% Optionally choose a custom sans-serif fonts (e.g. for figures and tables).
+% Default sans-serif font is usually Computer Modern Sans; some font packages
+% (e.g. libertinus) replace that with a better matching sans-serif font.
+%\usepackage{tgheros} % recommended and very readable (Helvetica-like)
+%\usepackage{FiraSans} % looks great
+% DO NOT typeset the main text in sans-serif font!
+% Serifs make the text readable.
+
+% IMPORTANT FONT NOTE: Some font requires additional PDF/A conversion by
+% pdfa.sh. These include: tgpagella
+
 
 % some extra packages
 \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm,bm}