🚀 go-pugleaf

    There is only one problem with this approach. The font metrics for the
    Charter font family is not the same as that of Times.

Well, that's a good point.  Unfortunately, the default metrics for
Ghostscript's Times fonts are not the same as Adobe's, which is probably
whose metrics most people are using.  (The Metrics entry in the font
dictionary has the Adobe metrics, though, I believe.)

However, there's another reason -- I think it would be very confusing if
people got the same font when they asked for Times and CharterBT-Roman.

As for deleting the bitmapped fonts, I don't think that's a good idea;
sure, they look like hell, but they can be better than nothing in some
circumstances.  If you don't want to see them, you can always delete
them yourself.

If you want to help the GNU project by volunteering to help make
better-quality fonts, and you have installed or can install the GNU font
utilities, and you enough about fonts to be able to install new ones,
test different versions, etc., send me mail.

karl@cs.umb.edu