>i nevertheless begin to wonder if we should change the default font encoding >from OT1 to T1 Against! The pb is not that one. I mean that people don't wish not to type in the font encoding they want (eg someone else said to them... because that font encoding has absolutely no meaning for them) but wish to be able to type in the fonts they want to use (and hope LaTeX would be able to know the font encoding to apply). Chosing default T1 is a switch to a default font set which is unappropriate (unuseful, less beautiful, non TeX default, non free Postscript or True Type, ...) for a great part of the world. --bg