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From: johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: How to tell a pirated PostScript font?
Message-ID: <28986@spudge.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 91 23:50:20 GMT
Reply-To: johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch)
Organization: Friends of Guru Bob
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These days there is no shortage of Type 1 fonts that can be downloaded from
BBS's every time you turn around.  Some of the ones I've gotten that have
the same names as Adobe faces are:

	Arnold Boecklin			Bodoni
	Brush Script			Cooper (Black)
	FrizQuadrata			Goudy Old Style
	New Baskerville			News-Gothic
	Optima				Parisian
	Peignot				Present-Script

Now personally I could care less if they use the same name as a commercial
font.  Adobe might care, but I don't.  I do care if any of these fonts is
pirated though.  Short of getting the Adobe font and comparing the two 
files (which is not practical) is there any way to tell if these are
original works or not?

John Munsch

P.S.  I didn't bother listing a Palatino I have that is sooooo bad that I
had no question whether or not it was pirated.