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To: desertsolitaire

Never mind.
I found it!

“9/8/2004, 11:59:43 PM ยท 47 of 300
Buckhead to Howlin
Howlin, every single one of these memos to file is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman.

In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing, and typewriters used monospaced fonts.

The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90’s. Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn’t used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang systems that were dominant in the mid 80’s used monospaced fonts.

I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old.

This should be pursued aggressively.”

Still warms my heart to read it.


6 posted on 04/30/2024 8:14:20 AM PDT by desertsolitaire
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To: desertsolitaire; Buckhead
I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old. This should be pursued aggressively.

I was surfing Free Republic when Buckhead posted the proof of forgery. My first thought was, "Buckhead nailed that SOB."

10 posted on 04/30/2024 8:49:07 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-oilfield roughneck-drilling fluids tech-geologist-pilot-instructor-pharmacist)
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