Bug#668219: ITP: otf -- Open Trace Format support library

[Harshula <harshula@debian.org>]

On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 17:47 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Harshula, le Tue 10 Apr 2012 11:40:59 +1000, a écrit :

> > OTF is an established acronym for OpenType Fonts.
> 
> And OTF is an established acronym for Open Trace Format. Worse, it's the
> filename extension.
> 
> > It's unfortunate that Open Trace Format uses the phrase OTF.
> 
> It's unfortunate that OpenType Font uses the phrase OTF.
> 
> > Would they consider renaming?
> 
> I don't think they would, it's relatively old (2005) and known already.

I think you will find that OpenType Font's usage of OTF precedes Open
Trace Format. Is there any harm in asking if Open Trace Format would
consider renaming?

cya,
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