I didn't pay any attention to p9p's fontsrv (sorry, Andrey! It was you that got that off the ground, wasn't it?) until this morning's discussion, but it struck me as a very neat solution for a problem that has been bugging me for a long time: avoiding the time consuming repeated installation of Plan 9 fonts. Specifically, p9p itself and local instances of 9vx could be smaller and the installation (and download, in most cases) would be quicker.
The question then becomes whether fontsrv could be "ported" to Plan 9 together with the supporting facilities (openfont(2) is my guess)? I certainly would be willing to give such port a try, if I can be convinced that it is not beyond my ability. ++L
