It's quite different to figure this out without any samples. Many of us are not U.S. citizens, and even the ones that are don't necessary have a passport to look at.

So, please, scan some samples and post them here.

Kyle,

I believe you that this isn't a scam, but anyone in the world can read the posts on this forum. So, in principle, any ID's to try to help counterfeit anything should be avoided. I have refused to attempt to locate similar typefaces for type from what seemed to be official documents, whether it was stamps, serial numbers or the type itself.

I don't know if this Board has a policy about that, but in my opinion it should.

As far as Federal only working with Mac, anyone with Fontographer, Fontlab's TransType, or the like, can convert from Mac to PC. That should be no problem. (If you have the font, I'll make the conversion for you.)

Mike, you are propably right about this. It wouldn't be very wise to tell people what fonts could be used to forge a passport on a public forum.

We don't want to read in newspaper how someone did something stupid using a fake passport and how he/she found the correct typefaces on an Internet message board...

Everyone here (Kyle included) are propably just interested in typography, but you never know...

If someone knows the passport-types, he/she might e-mail them to Kyle.

fyi, Photoshop CS can detect currency

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My firm is doing a "Mock Passport' marketing piece.

I guess I didn't give second thought to this issue. I really only spoke of it in a joking manner. Maybe its just me, but I don't see the harm.

If somone WOULD like to email me the names directly, I would appreciate it.

Hildebrant.

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Good point.

Kyle, in these days of homeland security you could be making yourself a target of some FBI paranoid operative. I mean geese they are requiring photo IDs from our friends from South America now. Just have your writer use official sounding language, use boring colors, and lots of helvetica and you've got it. (also use some funky background pattern screened back to 10%)

Thats the basic idea. I just need it to say, Ohh.. passport. ya know? Wasnt trying to cause any FBI red flags ;) I could start printing money, like on 'Catch me if you Can', and then stope the press, and have tons of already diecut money come flying out of a press. Where were the continuity directors on that one

Hildebrant.