Replies to post #64967 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[brainlessone]

i think the argument was about the font. I used to use a selectric and it produced a very fine type. but I linked a good article which allows you to make jusdgements yourself.

wouldnt it benice to see the original or a single copy that was not blurry?

[harrypothead]

IBM Selectric similarities

Doubt cast on war memos' authenticity
Katharine Q. Seelye and Jim Rutenberg NYT Friday, September 10, 2004

http://www.iht.com/articles/538218.html
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Philip Bouffard, a forensic document specialist from Ohio who created a commonly used database of at least 3,000 old type fonts, said he had suspicions as well.

However, Bouffard said, a colleague had called his attention to similarities between the font in the memos and that of the IBM Selectric Composer of the early 1970s. He said there did in fact appear to be similarities and he was checking further.
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