From: Identity Number Forty-Seven <identity@number.47>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:54:42 -0600
Subject: Java font programs
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.fonts

I wrote these Java programs to help manage my font collection. They
run on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. They are free under the GNU General
Public License. Please read the PDF documentation in each ZIP file.

Windows users should run RedEar's Font Renamer, which is posted
quarterly in alt.binaries.fonts.

The same Java programs can be downloaded from any of these web sites:

http://download.cnet.com/windows/keith-fenske/3260-20_4-6304677.html

http://linux.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-Keith-Fenske-507.html
http://mac.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-Keith-Fenske-3262.html
http://www.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-Keith-Fenske-12108.html

http://www.psc-consulting.ca/fenske/

From: Identity Number Forty-Seven <identity@number.47>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:55:47 -0600
Subject: Re: Java font programs - FontChecksum2-20100930.zip
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.fonts

Attachment: FontChecksum2-20100930.zip     (Download hosted by another server)

Excerpts from program documentation

FontChecksum is a Java 1.4 application to verify the internal checksums in OpenType and
TrueType font files. Sometimes when you download a file, or copy a file from a worn CD/DVD,
what you receive differs from the original. After downloading or copying twice, you may have
two files with the same size, the same date, and the same apparent contents. When compared
byte-by-byte with commands such as “comp” on DOS/Windows or “cmp” on UNIX, only a few
bits or bytes are different. The rest of the files are the same. Your question is which file is
correct. One of them must be wrong. (Both could be wrong!) Since font files contain internal
checksums, you can use this information to test which of the files is more correct. Note that
freeware and shareware fonts produced with older font tools often have numerous checksum
errors.