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    What should this be useful for in this question? I don't see the purpose of listing zillions of font packages. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 16:19
  • It's 30 staple font packages for a Basic LaTeX template, easily commented in or out, good to have handy because: 1> They are PSNFSS postscript fonts that all postscript printer can read without embedding, and always included with every TeX distributions, [OR] 2> They are easily added by installing the optional [FULL] TeX Font Collection and have an extraordinary range of styles, such as SmallCaps, SmallCaps BOLD, SmallCaps italics, or [scaling = x] options. It's extremely useful to keep them in a basic LaTeX template so that you don't have to weed through The LaTeX Font Catalouge's lessers. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 16:55
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    Well, the problem with this question is that it sort-of predates the time when this type of questions were considered OK. Now, they are not ok, and if someone asked this question today, I would vote to close it very likely. It's difficult to justify a new answer to a question that would be closed by today's standards... Also, at least half of the packages you list is either obsolete or awful, some of them provide just different versions of the same font etc. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 17:00
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    The usefulness of your list would improve if you (a) stated which fonts are pure text fonts and which ones are text+math fonts, (b) grouped the fonts wherever possible, e.g. to indicate that the mathptmx, txfonts, and tgtermes packages all provide Times Roman clones, and (c) gave a minimal example (one line, or even one sentence, such as "The quick brown fox...") of each font you keep in the list, as a visual guide for readers who may not have the foggiest idea of what, e.g., New Century Schoolbook looks like. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 18:35
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    I'm making a modification to the list based on the comments. mathptmx is a universal PSNFSS font, within every minimal TeX distribution, works without embedding on any postscript printer. tgtermes has additional font styles and glyphs. I'm going to make modifications to improve the list Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 19:10