A while ago a PDF article was posted in the EA space (written by people who are pretty deep into EA) which used the Computer Modern font (the default font used in LaTeX) but which was clearly created using Microsoft Word. The cynical interpretation is that (on some level) the authors wanted to deceive readers into thinking that LaTeX was used to typeset the paper when in fact it was not. I do believe such deception will work, because very few people seem to know anything about typography. (I don’t claim to be much better; I’ve learned just a little bit more than the default state of zero knowledge.) I wonder how people feel about this sort of thing.
I vote for “it’s fine”. Maybe the authors just like how that font looks. And if somebody is judging a paper based on how it was typeset, I think that’s stupid and I don’t care if they get the wrong answer.
judging a paper based on [...] I don’t care if they get the wrong answer
There are things that influence the decision to take a look at all, and riceissa’s impression might be about damaging that game in a way that makes it less useful. If a paper is crafted out of newspaper clippings and liberally highlighted with markers, that’s not zero evidence, even as it’s screened off by the actual content.
A while ago a PDF article was posted in the EA space (written by people who are pretty deep into EA) which used the Computer Modern font (the default font used in LaTeX) but which was clearly created using Microsoft Word. The cynical interpretation is that (on some level) the authors wanted to deceive readers into thinking that LaTeX was used to typeset the paper when in fact it was not. I do believe such deception will work, because very few people seem to know anything about typography. (I don’t claim to be much better; I’ve learned just a little bit more than the default state of zero knowledge.) I wonder how people feel about this sort of thing.
I vote for “it’s fine”. Maybe the authors just like how that font looks. And if somebody is judging a paper based on how it was typeset, I think that’s stupid and I don’t care if they get the wrong answer.
There are things that influence the decision to take a look at all, and riceissa’s impression might be about damaging that game in a way that makes it less useful. If a paper is crafted out of newspaper clippings and liberally highlighted with markers, that’s not zero evidence, even as it’s screened off by the actual content.