I am sure I have asked this before, but cannot find the previous post. Why are some of my fonts shown as created on 1st January 1904? I am getting on a bit, which is my excuse for not remembering the answer, but I’m not that old!
The HEAD table has the creation and/or modified date set to 0. Why they started counting at jan 1904 is beyond me.
See here also: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/head.htm
León
That was the year my Father was born…
IIRC there was some reason that Erwin gave, why FontCreator did this intentionally.
Wikipedia:
Epoch date: January 1, 1904
Notable uses: LabVIEW, Apple Inc.'s Mac OS through version 9, Palm OS, MP4, Microsoft Excel (optionally)[13], IGOR Pro
Rationale for selection: 1904 is the first leap year of the twentieth century.[14]
Always expect Dick to get the true inside dope!