[tex-live] Bug report on duplicate fonts TTF vs. OTF

[Pander]

Hi all,

The following files in TeX Live are shipped in both OTF and TTF. I would
like to request that the TTF files of these fonts are no more shipped
for the following reasons.

Without making special rules or removing files manually (and upsetting
the package manager) software such as font config could select
unintentionally the wrong font file. For example it could use the TTF
file while you would like to use the OTF file.

OTF files have much more font capabilities and features compared to TTF
files. For that reason there is no use of also shipping these TTF files.

http://ctan.org/pkg/asana-math
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/Asana-Math/Asana-Math.ttf
vs.
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/Asana-Math/Asana-Math.otf

http://ctan.org/pkg/almfixed
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/almfixed/almfixed.ttf
vs.
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/almfixed/almfixed.otf

http://ctan.org/pkg/lobster2
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-Bold.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-BoldItalic.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-Italic.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-Regular.ttf
vs.
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-Bold.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-BoldItalic.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-Italic.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/impallari/lobster2/LobsterTwo-Regular.otf

http://ctan.org/pkg/gnu-freefont
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMono.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerifBold.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerifBoldItalic.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSans.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerifItalic.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSansOblique.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSansBold.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMonoOblique.ttf
texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerif.ttf
vs.
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMono.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerifBold.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSansBoldOblique.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerifBoldItalic.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSans.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMonoBold.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMonoBoldOblique.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerifItalic.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSansOblique.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSansBold.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeMonoOblique.otf
texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont/FreeSerif.otf

Simultaneously the authors of the packages could be informed on this and
might also stop shipping TTF files for these packages.

Regards,

Pander