TL4 thoughts (fwd)

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Walter Schmidt writes:
 > The problem starts with the CTAN distribution already:
 > 
 > macros/latex/required/psnfss/ contains a lot of stuff which is
 > relevant for use of commercial fonts only. 
 > 
 > IMHO psnfss/ should be restricted primarily to the .sty and 
 > .fd files for the 35 PostScript standard fonts, including
 > mathptm(x).sty and the related virtual fonts.
ok, thats within my remit, so I can just do it quite soon

 > One might think about adding some stuff to support the (few)
 > other free PostScript fonts (mathpple, Charter, Utopia, 
 > any more?);  doing so would, however, require to add the 
 > related .tfm and .vf files to lw35nfss.zip, too.
no problem

 > Not to forget:  The whole thing need to be documented,
 > in a way which can also be understood by newbies!
thats the hard bit. writing "newbie" documentation is 
very hard for me, because PSNFSS is simply part of my flesh and blood
now

Sebastian