[Tex/LaTex] Which fonts in images when using URW Palladio, Palatino, etc

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I am using the URW Palladio L font in my LaTeX document. For the section headings, as well as the main text. I have many images which include texts. This text is in the sizes between 8pt and 12pt, so relatively small.

So far I have used Calibri for the font in my images (as I create them with MS Visio). It looks fine, but are there better fonts, which match with the URW Palladio L font?

Apparently, URW Paladio, TeX Gyre Pagella or Palantino, it is more or less the same. These are serif fonts, Calibiri is a sans serif.

What do you think would be a good font choice?

Best Answer

Futura is the traditional choice of sans font for Palatino. But this is very much a matter of personal taste. There are some ideas in this graphic designer's blog that might help.

To get the Palatino+Futura combination on my Mac with xelatex I have this in my pre-amble

\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text,Ligatures=TeX,Numbers=OldStyle]{TeX Gyre Pagella}
\setsansfont{Futura}
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