The case for .zipped fonts attached to Web pages is made here by the W3C’s Hakon Wium Lie.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6085484.html
Apparently it’s Microsoft, not type designers that will suffer if the plan to support .zipped up fonts attached to Web pages is adopted by browser makers. Not sure I follow the logic, but oh well.
Cheers, Si
See also the previous thread.