> Is there not a problem here: PostScript fonts may only come in one size, > which then is rescaled. > > But in correct typesetting, as in TeX fonts, the weights and proportions > actually change with the font size. > > So how does that work out here? um, this is what i would call a canard. we have known this since the first uses of PS fonts in TeX (I did my first book in LaTeX with Times in 1986). its a fact of life that most PS fonts only come in 10 pt size. Some have other sizes. Many Computer Modern fonts have a range of sizes, some have more than others. 99% of the typesetting world gets by fine with the (technically perhaps inferior) optical-scaling-plus-hints of Type1 fonts. I suggest there are more productive things to worry about Sebastian