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Re: PS-program to extract font from printer?

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From: Thomas Wolff
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 12:46
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>> I think the subject says it all. I want a ps-program that will extract
>> any given font from the printer and send it back to the computer.
>> Where do I find it?

>	Well, it's possible to do it in Level 1, but it's sneaky and I don't 
> know whether it's technically "legal" to do so. I'll see if I can find a
> copy of it lying around. Basically it does a lot of magic stuff with 
> "eexecs".....

Yes, it can be found on the disk attached to the most elucidating book on type 1 fonts:
	Thomas Merz: TerminalBuch PostScript : Fonts und Programmiertechnik
	M:unchen; Wien: Oldenbourg, 1991. ISBN 3-486-21674-0
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