X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["834" "Fri" "5" "November" "93" "22:22:49" "+0100" "Frank Mittelbach" "MITTELBACH@MZDMZA.ZDV.UNI-MAINZ.DE" nil "31" "the name NFSS" "^Date:" nil nil "11"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/24.6.93) id AA01897; Fri, 5 Nov 93 22:29:37 +0100 Received: from vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de) by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/03.06.93) id AA02821; Fri, 5 Nov 93 22:29:34 +0100 Message-Id: <9311052129.AA02821@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7757; Fri, 05 Nov 93 22:28:21 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 4449; Fri, 05 Nov 93 22:27:35 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 4447; Fri, 05 Nov 93 22:27:32 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Fri, 5 Nov 93 22:22:49 +0100 From: Frank Mittelbach Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple Recipients of Subject: the name NFSS Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1099 Dominik writes > Some alternatives: > > OFSS orthogonal font selection scheme > AFSS advanced font selection scheme > LFSS LaTex font selection scheme > FSS font selection scheme > ... I most confess that i do like the sound of nfss (probably being used to it). why not think if it as NFSS New Font Selection Scheme of LaTeX and in half a year (when everybody is using the well-maintained LaTeX) and after checking that the files still work (or not) you can then make a public vote to determine the new name being NFSS Nice Font Selection Scheme NFSS Nasty Font Selection Scheme ... It is a name where it is known by, isn't it? its an abbreviation and such things have their own lives. who knows what foo/bar means without looking into the hackers dictionary? who is using it? frank