Javier > > [Chris]-- differences in the metrics (these can cause major differences in > > the typesetting). > > Yes, differences in the metrics, which can reshape the whole document. Oh dear, yes! This does rather mess-up fine typesetting. My feeling is that since the fonts available are going to get more and more diverse (if only very slowly) the robust medium-term solution for a TeX-like typesetting engine is to add the ability to bundle the font-metrics with the document (possibly virtually when network font warehouses really exist). This is analogical to putting the glyph information into a ps or pdf form of a document. chris