[Southack]

[adaven]

Looks like a pretty good match to the Times New Roman on the IBM Executive Fonts you posted.

[CedarDave]

The question I have is the superscript. Were they actually available in 1972 for the fonts you show? And what is the source for the fonts you show? I don't recall any of the selectrics having the special superscript fonts when I was writing college papers (on the department secretary's machine after hours) and had to use equations (e.g. x²). So I am very suspicious of the use of 111^th in one of the memos. Could that be the smoking gun that shows they are false?

[David M. Brooks]

Where in hell did you get those fonts? Are the Executive fonts in Postscript or True Type or do you have a basement full of old typewriters? If the Executive fonts posted are accurate, the "Original Forgery" could be in Times New Roman, though the spacing seems wrong.

Even if typed on an actual vintage typewriter, it would not prove that the memos are real, but its hard to think of a legitimate reason why CBS should present what appear to copies of copies of copies, which makes it impossible to really examine the document.

[CobaltBlue]

Neat. OK, none of those match the original. Times New Roman is the closest.

Can you try typing, say, the April 18 memo, using nothing but Times New Roman, Adjutant, and Elite? Not the bold, just the regular?

Are you printing and then scanning, or Photoshopping from the electronic file?

[CobaltBlue]

Dr. Bouffard is quoted in the NY Times as wanting to look at Times New Roman in the IBM Composer, so this is something you might want to follow up on.

He is identified by the NT Times as "a Democrat" and appears to be hedging his bets.

In fairness, the copies ARE crappy.