To expand a little on my post from earlier noting the difference in the 1s on the Aussie BC. A few Freepers have suggested that perhaps the person that created the Aussie BC used the actual #1 key for the 10th of April and then fell back into old habits and used the lower case l throughout the rest of the document. I agree that it is very possible but something was still bugging me about how different the number 1 looked compared to everything else.
I tested some old typewriter fonts online: Typewriter Gothic & Typewriter.
I typed in 12345 and LLLLL (lower case though) so I could see the difference, if any, between the number 1 and the lower case l.
On the left is the Typewriter Gothic font which shows a number 1 similar to that on the Aussie BC which seems out of place. Notice that neither the number 1 nor the lower case l have the _ at the bottom.
On the right is the Typewriter font which shows the number one and the lower case l to be the same.
If an old typewriter had a functioning 1 key, would the lower case l look similar to the Typewriter Gothic font above? Meaning, would both the 1 and the lower case l be missing the _ at the bottom?
Would it be possible for an old typewriter to have two different ‘fonts’?
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The 1961 Royal manual typewriter required use of the small L for No. 1 as there was no 1 key. All of the small l's in the Soetoro divorce papers were similar to the left small L below. The right small L has a squared flag that is longer and it has poor alignment.
Not very likely. There's no handy way to change the typeface once the machine has been made.
I suppose someone could cobble together a Frankenstein typewriter to a repair non-working typewriter with left over odds and ends from a broken one.