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Re: `limitations' of OzTeX (was: fontinst with 8y.etx)



> Could we agree on terminology please?  Can we call mapping numbers to
> numbers (which is what OzTeX does and what VF can do) `REMAPPING'
> and reserve the term `REENCODING' to assigning an encoding, which
> is something that maps numbers to glyphs.  The latter being more powerful
> since it can make `unencoded' glyphs accessible.  

On the other hand VF is far more "powerful" 
since it allows inclusion of arbitrary DVI matter
(eg combination of several glyphs) 
and is also recursive.