I aired the fonts concept to gthe Subteranea Britannica discussion group.
Here is the first comment.
Harry
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From: Richard Lamont, INTERNET:richard@lamont.me.uk
To: Harry Pearman, hape
Date: 07/11/2005 10:14 PM
RE: Re: [subbrit] new font for mines plans
Is it your intention that this archive should only be available to users
of Microsoft Windows? These fonts are, as I understand it, limited to
that platform.
If you use this approach, you may risk (a) shutting out users of other
types of computer, (b) shutting out Windows users too, if Microsoft
drops these fonts in future versions of Windows. In any case, ten or 20
years from now, Microsoft Windows could be a museum piece.
If this seems far fetched, bear in mind that 20 years ago the BBC
published a thing called the Domesday Disc. Unfortunately, nobody still
has the Philips LaserVision players to play the 12-inch optical discs,
and recovering the data is proving exceptionally difficult.
For portability and archival stability, I would recommend that you avoid
making access to your archive dependent on a single vendor's commercial
product.
Regards,
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Richard Lamont
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