[jillesvangurp]

Designers seem to prefer other fonts. That seems to be true whether they work for traditional publishers, advertising agencies, news papers, or indeed web agencies. It just does not seem to be a popular choice outside the narrow niche of people who use latex. Who are of course mostly not designers. And having worked with some great designers in recent years, I tend to follow their lead when it comes to making things look good.

But beyond me being conditioned to be bored out of my head reading scientific papers (being an ex-academic who definitely does not miss having to read lots of poorly written papers) written with latex and having that look, I shouldn't have much of an opinion on the matter.