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jfk13 on March 23, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows code-execution zeroday is under active exp...

On the other hand, many of us could probably live without any postscript fonts.

wolfi1 on March 23, 2020 [–]

until you open a pdf file

jfk13 on March 23, 2020 | [–]

Depends on the PDFs you're interested in. Many use only embedded TrueType (Type42) fonts, which I assume are handled by the usual Microsoft renderer.

(If you're reading lots of LaTeX-generated papers, then yes, you're probably seeing PostScript fonts.)

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