From: Identity Number Forty-Seven <identity@number.47>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:20:31 -0700
Subject: Re: ID#47 Programs now at abfonts
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.fonts

On 28 Nov 2010 06:12:54 +0100, abfonts wrote:

> The Java programs written by Identity Number Forty Seven that were posted 
> in this newsgroup months back are now available in the Extra section of 
> http://abfonts.freehostia.com 

That's a good idea. Two of the programs have been revised. There was a
minor change to the GUI in CompareFolders3, and a bug was fixed in the
handling of OS/2 vendor IDs in FontNames3. I will attach new copies to
a follow-up message.

If you have any difficulty using these programs, please post a note in
ABF.

As always, happy fonting!

From: Identity Number Forty-Seven <identity@number.47>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:26:11 -0700
Subject: Re: ID#47 Programs now at abfonts - FontNames3-20101130.zip
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.fonts

Attachment: FontNames3-20101130.zip     (Download hosted by another server)

Excerpts from program documentation

FontNames is a Java 1.4 application to extract font names from OpenType and TrueType font
files. Each font can have more than one name in different languages, and TrueType collections
can contain more than one font. Only Unicode names are recognized; most other country or
language specific names are reported in US-ASCII. 

OpenType (*.OTF) and TrueType (*.TTC, *.TTF) files are supported. Adobe PostScript (*.PFB,
*.PFM) files are not supported.

There aren’t many options. You can choose some of the optional name fields (copyright,
version, etc). Then open one or more font files with the “Open” button. A summary will be
shown in a scrolling text window. You may save the results to a file with the “Save Output”
button, but the output file will be in your system’s default character set. If the display has
characters from other languages such as Chinese or Eastern European, then it is better to copy
and paste the text directly into a Unicode-aware application like Microsoft Word. This program
works best if you have the “Arial Unicode MS” font installed.