Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!liuida!isy!herkules.sssab.se!matoh From: matoh@sssab.se (Mats Ohrman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: How to tell a pirated PostScript font? Message-ID: Date: 10 May 91 13:03:48 GMT References: <28986@spudge.UUCP> <1991May6.225858.5945@ico.isc.com> <29033@spudge.UUCP> Reply-To: matoh@sssab.se Organization: 3S AB Lines: 31 johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch) writes: >I distinctly said in my original posting that comparing to the actual fonts >from Adobe was out of the question. If I had the real fonts (all $1900 >worth according to my latest Adobe catalog) I wouldn't be looking at PD >fonts... would I! And yet, it has been suggested to me that I compare the >file sizes, compare font IDs, and even print out samples of each at 72 pt. >and compare the outlines! >No kidding, I think I could have discerned that all by myself. What I want >to know is if there is a way to check WITHOUT owning the typefaces from >Adobe to compare. This is how you may do it on a Mac: 1) Make a document using the font. 2) Print the document to a file, not the printer. (The old cmd-f trick). 3) Open the output file. 4) Look for the "%%BeginFont:" comment that matches the font's name. 5) Look for an Adobe "(c)" in the comments directly below. /mats -- _ Mats Ohrman Scandinavian System Support AB E-mail: matoh@sssab.se Box 535 _ Telephone: +46 13 11 16 60 581 06 Linkoping, Sweden Telefax: +46 13 11 51 93