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From: stephenf@suite.sw.oz.au (Stephen Frede)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: UniqueID values
Keywords: UniqueID type3 fonts bondage discipline
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Date: 2 Apr 91 06:39:02 GMT
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The idea of using a phone number as a unique value in
situations where there is no central registry is not
such a bad idea. Of course you should include your country
and area code, and can then append suffixes for as many
fonts as your organisation produces. Much better than
currency serial numbers (very parochial).

The only problems are when you change your phone number,
and the fact that in the case of UniqueID, the range is
only up to 2^24-1.

			Regards,

				- Stephen Frede

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