[Indic-computing-users] What is the reality about Opentype fonts?

[<kar...@vs...>]

Dear colleagues,

Luc Devroye (many of you must be aware of his fabulous web site on fonts) has a radically different opinion on OpenType fonts:
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/opentyperant.html

If his comments are true, why are so many of us trying so desperately for free, quality, Opentype fonts or tools to convert TTF to OTF? And, what impact is this having on the pace of Indian language computing? 

Regards,
R. Karthik Venkatesh

Editor, ICT Support Centre
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