Microsoft’s fonts catch out another fraudster–this time in Canada

Use old paper and old ink, too.

It's probably possible to tell that ink was applied to paper recently, even if the ink and paper are both old, but I'd expect that the longer it has been the more uncertainty there is so you should be able to fake an N year old document without having to let the ink dry or set or diffuse or whatever it does for N years. I'd assume that there are ways to speed this processes up, too.

I have no idea what the curve looks like though. This may only be practical if you aren't in a hurry. So, faking a document that you've just found out you need and you need soon might not be feasible, but faking something like a mint condition vintage comic book might be possible.

Probably should also use vintage staples or glue or whatever was used for binding at the time you want to claim the document is from.

This is really the kind of thing you want to plan ahead for, rather than find yourself on eBay trying to find a specific make or model 50 year old printer that works.

Any competently run evil organization that has a decent budget (Hydra, KAOS, Cobra, AIM, etc) will regularly buy copies of the document production equipment and supplies used by contemporary businesses, governments, and hero groups and keep that equipment working and well maintained for several decades for retroactive document production.

Moral of the story, don't cheat. That being said it seems to me there is a business model here, sort of a document analysis service to pick up on these subtle indications of document properties. If I was trying to dispute a falsified document in court this sort of analysis would be quite valuable. I would love to see a Web service that allows customers to upload a particular document for verification.

Don't forget the paper and ink. The best would be to simply write this by hand.

Any situation where you need era-appropriate typography and are serious about it even when you’re not trying to be deceitful. Eg. movies, games, and their various marketing material. Though usually if you are serious you have money to hire a graphic designer.

Let's go the other way too. Are there any websites that accept an image and via image analysis able to tell you things about the doc?

I wonder how much you could infer about a doc given its margins, font, kerning, leading, etc. "This looks like default settings in Word XP"

Anyone smart enough to use such program would probably be smart enough to just google the correct fonts.

Some background: https://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/the-seven-...

He was sued as a director of the company for breach of fiduciary duty (in part with respect to executive compensation).

"Piercing the corporate veil"