Just to add some closure to this, the libTIFF library[0] comes fairly close to a universal reader. It’s been around, since the 1980s, so has had time to sand of

Just to add some closure to this, the libTIFF library[0] comes fairly close to a universal reader. It’s been around, since the 1980s, so has had time to sand off the rough edges. It’s still being maintained and extended. It's fairly "low-level," so could probably benefit from Façades. [0] https://libtiff.gitlab.io/libtiff/ https://libtiff.gitlab.io/libtiff/