diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 910b9b42c..60ff07b0e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-03  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	* src/type1/t1parse.c (T1_New_Parser): Relax the check for a valid
+	first line in the font.
+
 2005-04-03  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* docs/CHANGES, include/freetype/freetype.h: Improve documentation
diff --git a/src/type1/t1parse.c b/src/type1/t1parse.c
index 222df9b9f..db1a613cb 100644
--- a/src/type1/t1parse.c
+++ b/src/type1/t1parse.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     parser->single_block = 0;
 
     /* check the header format */
-    error = check_type1_format( stream, "%!PS-AdobeFont-1", 16 );
+    error = check_type1_format( stream, "%!PS-AdobeFont", 14 );
     if ( error )
     {
       if ( error != T1_Err_Unknown_File_Format )