https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284215



--- Comment #6 from Hin-Tak Leung <[email protected]> ---
Yes, I suspect the font designer started out with an existing microsoft font
and added glyphs, etc, then re-branded the font as his/her own. The digital
signature serves no purpose in the open-source world, and until quite recently
(weeks) no open tool can generate or check it. To make one or check one you
need windows.

I am trying to read the signing timestamp at the moment - and is hitting a mono
bug (or rather, mono's implementation of some dotnet security related API is
incomplete...) but I am making slow progress with dotnet under wine. When I am
done, I might be able to identify *when* exactly microsoft signed it. ATM, the
signing certificate indicates it is around 2002-2003.

If I get a precise timestamp, there is a better chance of identifying the
original font from which the signature came from.

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