What are the few good fonts for writing a mathematics (maths) book?

I am writing a book using MS Word 2007. The book will have lots of mathematical calculations, equations, formulas, square-root symbols, squares and cube symbols, etc. and will span across algebra, polynomial equations, differentiation, integration, etc.

Can someone please suggest a few good FREE fonts that I can use conveniently in MS Word 2007 edition for writing the book?

Thanks in advance.

PS: I raised this question here, but users suggested that it should be asked in this forum.

Solution 1:

The author of the article Math Fonts in Microsoft Office has researched the issue and listed three fonts:

• XITS Math is somewhat compatible with Times (download here)
• Asana Math is compatible with Palatino (download here) and if you don’t have Palatino, you can download it here, among other places
• Latin Modern is the LaTeX font of choice. There is a math font (download here) and a whole family of text fonts (download here). Note: these may not look good on screen, but they look just perfect when printed.

The author has provided this comparison to help choose one of the three: