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From: stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: signatures in PostScript
Keywords: PostScript  signatures   bitmaps   cleverness
Message-ID: <1ggoX1w163w@phoenix.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 17:15:47 GMT
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jad@dayton.UUCP (J. Deters) writes:

> I, for one, would be ecstatic to have my initials and/or signature available
> for inclusion on memos that go out.  If someone would post Don's "digitizing
> method", I'd be most grateful.

   Doesn't this eliminate the value of a signature altogether? Why not
just include your initials (in ASCII)? Once your signature is available
in machine readable form, it is meaningless, as there is no way of
telling if it is a forgery or not. If someone else uses the same file to
sign a fake memo as you do to sign real ones, how do you tell? Better
yet, how is anyone else supposed to know? The only reason to sign
something is to prove that it is authentic. 

   They don't even need to have the file you use. They just need to get
a copy of the file sent to the printer.

> -j, besides, I kinda like the idea of having the boss' signature on line...

   Hmmm, I don't know WHY you would like that, unless ...