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 >   So is the suggestion that the LaTeX3 project should start use rescaled
 > fonts, just because everybody else is doing so, or in favour of a fonts
what does LaTeX3 have to do with scaled or not scaled fonts?
LaTeX users should have access to any font they find suitable. how its
implemented is irrelevant, if it has metrics. Its like saying LaTeX
should mandate the sort of printer and paper that we use!

sebastian