On 27/11/2006, at 11:26 , William Adams wrote: > Posted this to comp.text.tex, but no response there, so here 'tis in > case anyone wants to discuss it. > > I wrote up something on this a long while ago, but it seems to've been > lost. Indeed, I remember trying to find something like this that you referred to once :) > Here's a quick recap as a starting point for discussion: > I think that covers most options / possibilities. Most of the weird > variations get folded into family (so one could have > Thames-Calligraphic Engraved). This is a good taxonomy, but I'm not convinced (any more) that a fixed scheme is necessary these days. Take fontspec, for example -- it's certainly not perfect, but what features does it lack by not having a rigid structure for font definitions? Will