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To: jrawk

I was a secretary from 1966 to 1985 and went through many types and styles of typewriters from manuals to IBM selectric, to word processors to computer.

I worked for a lot of companies. I have never seen a typewriter of that era able to put "th" above the numbers.

Yes, we did do it manually by half-rolling the cylinder and typing lower-case t and then h and returning the cylinder to its position, but the t and the h would have been standard lower case letters and not the small version in the document.

PS. I also worked for the government.


24 posted on 09/09/2004 1:24:06 PM PDT by OpusatFR (Let me repeat this: the web means never having to swallow leftist garbage again. Got it?)
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To: OpusatFR

Excellent point! I'd forgotten about having to roll the carriage up.


32 posted on 09/09/2004 1:26:48 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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