[The Bandit]

I am telling you this justification is too good to have been done in 1969. Why would the navy have Kerry's citation typesetted when they did not with any other's?

[muawiyah]

"Quad left", "Quad center" and "Quad right" were well known commands in the world of typesetting when this citation was set up.

It was probably a 5 minute job at most.

[JackelopeBreeder]

It is perfectly right and left justified with no hyphenations. The chances are about zero that this was done with a typewriter.

[Edit35]

Why would the navy have Kerry's citation typesetted when they did not with any other's?

In my non-professional opinion, the Navy would have probably used a professional printer to create the Citations.

But a lowly National Guard officer typing memo notes to himself certainly would NOT have.

Probably best to let it go.

[mcg1969]

Why would the navy have Kerry's citation typesetted when they did not with any other's?

Because your premise is wrong. His is not the only citation that was typeset.

[rintense]

That's what I'm wondering too. Italicized proportional (and fully justified) type would have been extremely uncommon in 1969. Hell, I was born in 1969 and my birth certificate was typed. I'm more interested in the PDF that shows the silver star with a V.