[Thud]

My wife says she used an IBM "ball" typewriter with a porportionately spaced font in 1971, and that it wasn't much good at it. She also says that none of the "ball" typewriters she ever used had special characters such as the "th" for use in "#th".

She says the "ball" typewriters of this period were huge, heavy, and confined to the desks of secretaries who typed constantly. It is unlikely that the Texas National Guard had any during this period.

IMO the proportionately spaced fonts of "ball" typewriters of this period would be distinctive, and easily distinguished from those produced by later specialized word-processors, and modern computers.

[DaughterofEve]

She also says that none of the "ball" typewriters she ever used had special characters such as the "th" for use in "#th"".

And she's absolutely correct.

Signed,
DOE, Former NYC Publications Typesetter, 1982-1988