>> All his ideas (or rather, Hermann Zapf's ideas) have been
>> implemented in pdfTeX. However, this still doesn't solve the
>> original issue discussed in this thread.
>
> They are also implemented in Heirloom Troff, which I've used for the
> thesis of my wife, and which I'm still using for mine.
Yes. It's probably heretic to say but for serious typography Heirloom
troff offers much more possibilities.
> As we're talking about that, could we find some way to get someone
> working on an implementation of these ideas in groff, via a google
> summer of code, a call to donation, or something else? Would you be
> interested to work on that Werner? Is there a way to help?
Alas, I don't have time to do that (and admittedly, I also lack some
drive currently to invest time into groff). My current work is
concentrated on ttfautohint, FreeType, and LilyPond.
Werner
