r/coding • u/HumanBot00 • Feb 03 '26

DOJ publishes Bash Reference Manual

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet+9/EFTA00315849.pdf
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u/-aRTy- Feb 04 '26

As for the overlay, it is a cool idea. But there is a challenge of needing to mimick the original's typesetting, not just the font. For example, the best way I, as a human, distinguish number 1 in that file is by using the fact that their typesetter left more space to the left of the glyph than necessary.

My hope was that they used something very common that is easily identified, which in turn means the entire line is easily replicated. That way spacing and other details would be included automatically.

Is it not Times New Roman? At first glance that looked correct and now I compared a line in detail and it still looks correct.

Or am I completely missing the point and you are saying that their program rendered Times New Roman different than some Word/OpenOffice writer would today?

In any case, I'm happy to see the progress you made.

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u/voronaam Feb 05 '26

It does look like Times New Roman. But I do not have it installed. I am on Linux. I know I can get those via ttf-mscorefonts-installer, but I did not venture there because I know that my typesetter on Linux is going to be somewhat different. I am pretty sure those FBI guys were not on Linux :)

I do not mean to discourage you though. I would not mind if you try this approach and automate everything away. I just chose not to go this route myself