The TeX Font Server project's objective is to resolve the font
problems associated with DVI files by leveraging the WWW facilities;
this will remove a major impediment to the portability of DVI files;
it will enable anybody using a TFS-aware DVI driver to view and
print any DVI document even if the document uses non-standard
fonts. It should also enable completely trivial installations of
TFS-aware DVI drivers; the user will not have to be a TeX wizard
just to view and print DVI documents.
The TFS consists of an interface specification, as well as a sample
implementation. The sample implementation is not ready yet; you can
however browse a draft of the TFS specification in order to get an
idea about the project. Any ideas, comments or criticism are very
welcome.
Hippocrates Sendoukas