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  PS Fontname snooper ready for test don lancaster <don@tinaja.com> - 2016-10-17 10:56 -0700
    Re: PS Fontname snooper ready for test jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-10-17 13:12 -0700
      Re: PS Fontname snooper ready for test don lancaster <don@tinaja.com> - 2016-10-17 16:45 -0700
    Re: PS Fontname snooper ready for test jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-10-17 13:13 -0700

#2893 — PS Fontname snooper ready for test

Our new PostScript font filename snooper is ready for your
testing.

A demo is at
         http://www.tinaja.com/psutils/psfontnamesnooper1.pdf

The sourcecode is at
        http://www.tinaja.com/psutils/psfontnamesnooper1.psl

Simply send this psl file to Acrobat's Distiller and it will
generate a list of all ( or at least try for nearly all ) of your
Available PostScript font correct filenames, along with
a display of their appearance.

The ongoing master PostScript filename directory can
be found at http://www.tinaja.com/psFontnames.psl

Note that the demo will be of someone else's font
availability. You have to send the .psl sourcecode
to Distiller to find out the resources on your own machine.

Note also that the directory is a work in progress.
Pasting the latest version into the sourcecode should
improve the odds of finding everything. At present,
the directory has nearly 3000 names, with another
1500 or so shortly to be added.

Lists of fontname hits and misses, counts, and other
useful info, can be found in the output log file.

Please report any name omissions or errors to
don@tinaja.com

Ongoing PostScript info and projects here and here.
And some GhostScript notes here and here, and here.

-- 
Many thanks,

Don Lancaster                          voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics   3860 West First Street   Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml   email: don@tinaja.com

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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#2895

FYI, my log file
http://www.jdawiseman.com/2016/20161017_font_snooper.log

I have about 2k fonts installed, so was surprised to be told that there are only 342. 

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#2899

On 10/17/2016 1:12 PM, jdaw1 wrote:
> FYI, my log file
> http://www.jdawiseman.com/2016/20161017_font_snooper.log
>
> I have about 2k fonts installed, so was surprised to be told that there are only 342.
>

That says the list is still short.

Which ones did it miss?

There is likely no way the list can be complete.
But it should be able to pick up most of the popular stuff, given
enough feedback.

Are you an Adobe person or a Open Source one?
I suspect this may make a huge difference.

Please try again in a day or two to pick up
a lot of new additions.

-- 
Many thanks,

Don Lancaster                          voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics   3860 West First Street   Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml   email: don@tinaja.com

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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#2896

I’ve had trouble with 
http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/fonts_illustrated.ps
as some fonts, even if called inside {…} stopped, crash Distiller and Preview and GhostScript.

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