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Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 17:59:46 +0100
From: "J%org Knappen, Mainz" <KNAPPEN@VKPMZD.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE>
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Subject: Re: The proposed policy on distributing and [not] modifying files
Status: R

It would be indeed a good thing to make the Sauter fonts default with
LaTeX. First of all, this eliminates the well-known
{\Large$\longrightarrow$} bug. It also improves the general quality of
output. The Sauter fonts are very stable and reliable, and there will not
be more changes to their metrics. They are tested on a considerable number
of sites and actively maintained.

Unfortunately, not all of the above is yet true for the dc fonts. They are
clearly marked as preliminary, and will stay in this class after the 1.2
release to come out at the beginning of September. Maybe one more year is
needed to promote them to ec fonts. Especially the dc font metrics will
change and may change again even after the 1.2 release, thus one cannot
rely on line and page breaks.

--J"org Knappen