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Dr. Michel Goosens wrote:

>>> Now, what  is wrong  with having files with  a given prefix (avant.sty  does
>>> not give me  the slightest clue that this is  a package that has to do  with
>>> the avantgarde font, while   nfavant.sty,   or   lfavant.sty,  conveys
>>> that   information immediately).

which I humbly suggest is completely fallacious.  Why `nfavant.sty' or
`lfavant.sty' should convey more of an assocation with the AvantGarde
font family than `avant.sty' completely escapes me; are the letters `nf'
or `lf' magic in this respect?

					Philip Taylor, RHBNC