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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- [See <http://www.newsroom-l.net/blog/> for illustrations.]Right wing sources argue that the Killian memos about President Bush's Air National Guard service are forgeries. They claim that they use proportional characters that supposedly weren't available in 1973. They say that they can duplicate the memo by using MS Word to make a print-out and then passing it through a copier several times. As a very experienced typographer and graphic designer, I find this unpersuasive. Proportional characters were used on IBM typewriters as early as 1941, and became widespread after 1954, when the Executive model was introduced. Although the Times New Roman face used by MS Word as the default font is superficially similar to the typeface used in the memos (probably because both Microsoft and IBM were inspired by Times Roman, one of the most successful commercial typefaces of all time), it is not identical. The numbers are especially different. The superscript "th" is in a different position and the character widths are different. They also allege that the memos use "smart" (curly) quotation marks. I see a couple of possibly "smart" apostrophes. This was a feature of the IBM Executive, a surprisingly sophisticated machine, typographically, that I used while working in public relations 1959-60. You can see smart quotes in a 1954 ad for the IBM Executive at <http://www.newsroom-l.net/blog>. -- JULES SIEGEL Apdo. 1764 77501-Cancun Q. Roo Mexico http://www.cafecancun.com/portfolio Newsroom-l, news and issues for journalists http://www.newsroom-l.net/blog -- To unsubscribe from: Jules Siegel's Newswire, just follow this link: http://www.cafecancun.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi?f=u&l=newswire&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&p=5653 Click this link, or copy and paste the address into your browser. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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