[XeTeX] Loading fonts from a common server or http URL

[Martin Schröder]

2011/6/22  <mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca>:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
>>       2) A program can open any/retrieve any file on a server
>>            using http. all it needs to do is speak http!
>
> While we're at it, let's add a spelling checker, SQL database backend, and
> multilingual thesaurus to TeX.  Also a Space Invaders mini-game that you
> can play while you wait for your document to compile.  And let's make all
> these things work identically on all platforms, of course.

I just came across this: http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/ :-)

Best
   Martin