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What the Commercial XSL-FO Vendors Say

• XSL-FO is cost-effective in situations where typography is too expensive
• XSL-FO vendors claim
  • 2002 — XSL-FO could probably meet 30-40% of publishing needs
  • 2006 — 70-85% (they might claim higher)
  • “We can do most of traditional high-end composition”
  • Their clients have “modified their [formatting] requirements to enable them to live with the [FO] limitations”