Marcus Downing

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Java web application developer with an interest in language design, anime and all things oriental.

	171 reputation	bio	website	minotaur.it	visits	member for	2 years, 4 months
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May 23	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files I've accepted your answer, but added an answer of my own with the detailed solution I worked out.
May 23	answered	Replacing a font in many illustrator files
May 22	comment	Establishing the real copyright owner of a font I've added an example to the question.
May 22	revised	Establishing the real copyright owner of a font Added example
May 22	comment	Establishing the real copyright owner of a font What about fonts that were commissioned by a specific client, like Bell Gothic? Are they owned by the foundry or the client?
May 22	asked	Establishing the real copyright owner of a font
May 22	awarded	Scholar
May 22	awarded	Commentator
May 22	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files Yes, but that's pretty rough documentation compared to a lot of modern languages. It took a lot of trial and error, but this approach is starting to work for me - it is replacing fonts. I'll post the complete script when I've finished it.
May 22	accepted	Replacing a font in many illustrator files
May 16	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files Okay, there's a good reason for that. It's really badly documented.
May 15	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files I don't think it embeds fonts until you turn it into a PDF. But yes, I'll have to be careful not to break any binary data.
May 15	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files "Please note that changing the font will likely move elements and text may be significantly reflowed." - I've chosen a replacement font with nearly-identical character sizes and a similar appearance, so this should be kept to a minimum.
May 15	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files I suspect I'll have to make sure the length of the embedded XML is the same as before the edit, to avoid upsetting the PS embedding...
May 15	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files Are you certain that replacing the <rdf:li> element is sufficient? How is that resource referenced at other places in the file? Won't it just leave broken references?
May 15	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files I had no idea you could use Javascript to control Adobe apps. I knew about the AppleScript equivalent, and was starting to eye one of the Macs in the office for this purpose.
May 15	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files "Adobe Illustrator .ai files are XML" - Not quite, they're a Postscript derivative that has some embedded XML in the header.
May 15	comment	Replacing a font in many illustrator files "It depends if this is a regular thing you need to do, how comfortable you are with the method and how many files you have." - I'm comfortable with a text find-replace, yes. I should only have to do this once, but it does affect a lot of files.