It was because of the poor font support in LaTeX that I gave up trying to use it many years back. [And without fail, every time I make this claim, I get piled

It was because of the poor font support in LaTeX that I gave up trying to use it many years back. [And without fail, every time I make this claim, I get piled on by LaTeX die-hards -- please don't bother. It's a total PITA to get the fonts of your choice working properly in LaTeX. It SHOULD be as easy as referencing a font file or dropping a font in a directory, but it's not.] XeTeX looks awesome. Finally, full, easy, natural OTF support through Freetype. Even AAT support on a Mac! Looks like I'm jumping back into the world of TeX.