PainShop Pro 9 - Read a PSP file to retrieve the name of the font used.

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Read a PSP file to retrieve the name of the font used.

Lira Taylor

2007-07-15, 6:19 pm

Hi,

I created an image of a music note using a font character in PSP 9. Somehow
I must of deleted the font, because now when I try to open the file (located
on a CD-ROM) it asks if I want to use Ariel as the default, I select the
Browse button. I Browse for the font file that I thought I used but get the
wrong character.

Is there anyway I can read the data of PSP image file and retrieve the name
of the font I that I used when I created the image?

Thanks,

Tony

2007-07-15, 6:19 pm

Lira Taylor wrote on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 at 10:47:57:

>I created an image of a music note using a font character in PSP 9. Somehow
>I must of deleted the font, because now when I try to open the file (located
>on a CD-ROM) it asks if I want to use Ariel as the default, I select the
>Browse button. I Browse for the font file that I thought I used but get the
>wrong character.
>
>Is there anyway I can read the data of PSP image file and retrieve the name
>of the font I that I used when I created the image?

Try opening the file in Notepad (e.g. in Win XP's Windows Explorer,
right-click, Open With, Choose Program, Notepad), ensure that Word Wrap
is checked, you should see "Paint Shop Pro Image File" at the start and
loads of random characters following. Search (Ctrl-F) for the words
Background, or Text, or Vector, and see if nearby in the display is a
text string containing the font name. In a quick test I did, all these
words and text strings were near the end of the file. This might all be
too difficult if it's a large file.

Others might know if you can find out the original font within PSP 9
itself. What does it show in the font selection box after choosing Edit
Text on the vector character, having opened the file and choosing a
replacement font?

--
Tony

SuzShook

2007-07-15, 6:19 pm

underprocessable

Spandex Rutabaga

2007-07-15, 6:19 pm

Lira Taylor wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I created an image of a music note using a font character in PSP 9. Somehow
> I must of deleted the font, because now when I try to open the file (located
> on a CD-ROM) it asks if I want to use Ariel as the default, I select the
> Browse button. I Browse for the font file that I thought I used but get the
> wrong character.
>
> Is there anyway I can read the data of PSP image file and retrieve the name
> of the font I that I used when I created the image?

Yes. Open the PspImage file in a binary editor (e.g. freeware
like FileAlyzer) and scroll to near the end to find some font
names. See attached, which is a some of the content for the
inset image.

Lira Taylor

2007-07-16, 6:21 pm

underprocessable