[ ... ] > Now that we all know better (smile) we should avoid making > custom encoded fonts. The developers of such fonts (who are > still making and maintaining these fonts) should be urged to > make conformant fonts. Custom encoded fonts will be phased > out, eventually. Meanwhile, there are still some great archives > of non-Standard fonts, and users of antiquated computers can > still find such fonts useful in a limited fashion.
I think it is more important that there be a mechanism to relocate a font when you install it. Font developers should be free to develop fonts without having to decide where in the end-user's pua it is supposed to be. My pua, the pua of font developer A, and the pua of font developer B should be considered three different spaces, so that there be no conflict when developer A and B put different chars on the same code point. And if it works that way I see no end-user problems if a font developer has his pua on a place where it not belongs. > Best regards, > > James Kass
