Embedded font support for PDFs is lacking; response to: Fonts packaging guidelines change status

Subject: Fonts packaging guidelines change status On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: and again that was published on the 14th removing some top matter through the Section mark: NEW PACKAGES STILL PENDING REVIEW, and advancing PR status on a couple of fonts But this question in the fonts-list was not addressed (see the bottom of this resend to include the devel list): Is a formal 'bug' needed to track this ? Background: That re-write draft as included does not address PDF portability The Fedora most recent prior approach on fonts neglected explicitly supporting the need of Latex chain created documents for type 1 fonts to be embedded in PDFs. From raising this issue previously, it is my understanding that Type 1 fonts are felt to not screen render as well as some later alternatives, but when it comes to generating a Portable Document to reliably render 'the same', one HAS to carry and prefer embedded fonts when present Detection of the issue, and Problem summarized: When one is missing fonts, and runs something like: dvips -t letter -Ppdf -G0 -j0 mypaper.dvi \ -o mypaper.ps one will get a 'missfont.log' as to an inability to embed a required font, 'required' for completeness for portability purposes See the discussion at: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-fonts.html and its practical implication is discussed at: https://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2007/11/pdf_creation_and_font_embedding/ The TL;DR takeaway is: The USPTO requires that PDF must be: Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) or higher (See note at end of article) No larger than 8.5? by 11? or A4 page size Have all fonts embedded and subset It is not JUST preparation of documents for filing there, but also for submitting 'camera ready PDF copy' to Lulu print on demand. Lulu is a child of Robert Young [a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding Red Hat Inc] https://connect.lulu.com/en/discussion/33148 https://connect.lulu.com/en/discussion/33681/pdf-creation-settings-how-ca... pull requirement: All fonts should be converted to outlines and embedded Way forward: There is a collection of 13 fonts provided under a freely reproducible license from Adobe, known as the Base 13 fonts - Courier, Courier-Bold, Courier-Oblique & Courier-BoldOblique - Times-Roman , Times-Bold , Times-Italic & Times-BoldItalic - Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-Oblique & Helvetica-BoldOblique - Symbol [ but not: - ZapfDingbats ] I understand that they were removed from Fedora, as the Base 13 are Type 1 fonts .... but dang it, at least for purposes of completeness to be able to generate legal documents, and to permit me to continue to use FOSS tools to publish for fulfillment at Lulu, can we get these Type 1 fonts back, regardless of slight risk of aesthetic discontent ? Is a formal 'bug' needed to track this ? Thank you -- Russ herrold