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To: DiogenesLamp
As the platen moves the ribbon is rolled up on the spindle. That means each time the key strikes it hits a different part of the ribbon.

If the ribbon has been rewound a number of times, or amateur re-inking has been employed, it will almost certainly never print the same letter exactly the same way ~ not even in the same word.

Someone else can verify the movements on any particular manual typewriter BTW,

131 posted on 06/29/2011 9:48:25 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
As the platen moves the ribbon is rolled up on the spindle. That means each time the key strikes it hits a different part of the ribbon.

If the ribbon has been rewound a number of times, or amateur re-inking has been employed, it will almost certainly never print the same letter exactly the same way ~ not even in the same word.

Someone else can verify the movements on any particular manual typewriter BTW,

At what point do we conclude that the change is too extreme to be explained by your theory? (not to mention the kerning.)


132 posted on 06/29/2011 11:28:29 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Obama hides behind the Grass Skirts of Hawaiian Bureaucrats.)
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