[tex-live] Supportfiles for affordable Fontsite fonts - why not on CTAN?

[Philip TAYLOR]

Hartmut Henkel wrote:

> if you want to know more about the history of the FontSite fonts (and
> there seems to be the original (!) Palatino by Hermann Zapf included),
> these may be of interest:
>
>    http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/#MEGAFONT
>    http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/megafont.pdf
>    http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/megafont2.pdf
>    http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/#FORGERS
>    http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/forgers.pdf
>
> ...the last one tells the difference between Monotype and Linotype :-)

The document makes fascinating reading in its entirety,
Hartmut, and I thank you for drawing it to our attention.
If I were certain that the contents were accurate, I would
describe it as "absolute dynamite"; in your considered
opinion, how accurate is the document and its allegations ?

** Phil.