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For those who would like to be mused by a *real* problem with NFSS,
here is a puzzle:

Latex the following with NFSS (or NFSS2)

\documentstyle[11pt,exscale]{article}
\begin{document}
$\rm\it\sf\bf\sc\sl\tt$
\tiny\footnotesize\scriptsize\small
\large\Large\LARGE\huge
\boldmath
\tiny\footnotesize\scriptsize\small
\large\Large\LARGE\huge
\end{document}

and then look at the .log file and see how many
fonts were used up.

The puzzle is: All the user intended to use was 7 + 8 + 8 + 8 =31
fonts. Why is it that NFSS assigns so many when nobody asked it to?
Wasn't the idea that all fonts were assigned "on demand"?

Enjoy.
Sami Sozuer