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Re: Showing my (or your) fonts

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From Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject Re: Showing my (or your) fonts
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Op zondag 25 nov 2012 16:48 CET schreef Chris:

>> I made a script to show my fonts. Not ready yet, only the first 48
>> fonts. ;-) Some things are hard-coded, but in a case like this it is
>> acceptable I think. Also for some fonts the text goes of the page, but
>> again: in this case I find it acceptable. (It is only to get an idea
>> about the fonts.)   I use a blue background with yellow letters, because
>> I find this easier on the eyes.   The script (change the fonts to your
>> fonts):
> <SNIP>
>
> If it were me, I would (and did!) do it like this:
>
> http://www.ghostscript.com/~chrisl/proof-fonts.ps
>
> It doesn't need a hardcoded font list, or hardcoded page size. The only
> variable is the  font size to use in proofing the fonts. If you're using 
> Ghostscript, you can change the font size by adding "-dFSize=<size>" to 
> your command line.
>
> This version skips CIDFonts.
>
> It's not the most efficient, I could probably be smarter with the stack
> use, and I don't make any effort to stop the FontDirectory growing.

It takes quit a long time to generate. But I'll look into it. Thanks.
At least I can try to understand what is happening there.

What I like about my version is that it is sorted and I can exclude
‘doubles’. Some fonts (on my system) are about 15 times included in
different names. After excluding the doubles I was left with about
half of what I had gotten first. And I could make different sets, by
making the script use an input of the needed fonts.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Showing my (or your) fonts Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-11-25 13:42 +0100
  Re: Showing my (or your) fonts Chris <cjl@spamcop.net> - 2012-11-25 15:48 +0000
    Re: Showing my (or your) fonts Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-11-25 20:23 +0100
      Re: Showing my (or your) fonts Chris <cjl@spamcop.net> - 2012-11-25 19:58 +0000
        Re: Showing my (or your) fonts Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-11-25 23:20 +0100

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