Cross platform fonts question

[SimPLsol at aol.com]

Richard Gaskin writes:
How many app designers want to ignore the standard fonts for all target
platforms to use a typeface standard to none?

I am one.
1. The number of bundled "common" fonts is limited.
2. The common fonts leave a lot to be desired, would you really want to use 
Arial (ever), or Courier, or Times?
3. Some of the common fonts look and print differently on different 
platforms, anyway - despite having the same name.
4. There are good cross-platform fonts which are not bundled with any 
platform (Bitstream Vera comes immediately to mind).
5. Designers may wish to have a signature font to define the "look" or 
"style" of their app.

I agree that Rev. Ltd. has many better ways to deploy resources than becoming 
a type foundry. But I would like to see an easy way of bundling fonts of the 
designer's choice with a Rev. app.

Paul Looney