Wait, what? You're claming that Flash renders text accurately by comparing it to Word? If we're going to create a new typesetting system, can't we at least comp

Wait, what? You're claming that Flash renders text accurately by comparing it to Word? If we're going to create a new typesetting system, can't we at least compare it to existing typesetting systems that have had some professional design input? I hesitate to drag out TeX, but come on - Adobe InDesign, Quark Xpress, even Mac OS X's built-in CoreText/ATSUI rendering probably pays more attention to text layout and spacing than Word does. I know Firefox's rendering engine put some effort into supporting the underlying platform's high-quality text-layout engine (for instance, Firefox will often use the 'fi' ligature if it's available), and this will only get better with time - unlike Flash, which will now have to maintain their exact layout system forever to maintain backwards compatibility.