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Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font?

From don lancaster <don@tinaja.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.postscript
Subject Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font?
Date 2016-10-04 17:44 -0700
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On 10/4/2016 5:06 PM, don lancaster wrote:
> On 10/4/2016 4:07 PM, luser droog wrote:
>> On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 3:55:27 PM UTC-5, don lancaster wrote:
>>> currentfont --> type --> fonttype does not seem to work.
>>>
>>
>> Yes. currentfont will yield a dictionary. You can
>> check the /FontName to see if its the same as the
>> call to findfont.
>>
>
> Apparently currentfont continues to return the requested filename
> rather than Courier.
>

Also, currentfont may return a filename or a dictionary.

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How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font? don lancaster <don@tinaja.com> - 2016-10-04 13:55 -0700
  Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-04 16:07 -0700
    Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font? don lancaster <don@tinaja.com> - 2016-10-04 17:06 -0700
      Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font? don lancaster <don@tinaja.com> - 2016-10-04 17:44 -0700
      Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 18:44 -0700
        Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font? abeddie <abeddie@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-06 08:31 -0700
          Re: How can PostScript progmagatically tell if Distiller substitutes a Courier font? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 15:43 -0700

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