[azalemeth]

Computer Modern immediately signals to me "This was written in [Xe|Lua|]LaTeX". That alone has value; at the absolute least it tells me that the person writing it knows enough about computers to drive LaTeX to produce a compiled document.

If reviewing e.g. applications from undergraduates for a summer studentship, that signal is a subconscious hint saying 'read this a bit more closely' if nothing else.

[setopt]

Which is unfortunate, since the students using a different TeX font often know more about TeX.