"True Type divides them up into much smaller slices, with much finer resolution, plus kerning. You might have been very good with the Executive, but you would not match what a modern word processor and laser printer do, such that one would not be able to tell the difference. No way.
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You'd be able to tell the difference, of course, if you held them next to each other, even. But the point is that, while I could make a nice document (the reason the Executive was created), it would have taken a lot of work, and I wouldn't have done it if I were some officer.
This was deliberate, and it was clumsy enough to get caught immediately. One "th" down, one "th" up. Why? So you'd notice the Word-like superscript right off the bat.
This was not done by an idiot. It was done by someone for some reason who wanted the forgery discovered. Who, I don't know. Why, I don't know. Time for the tinfoil.
That's a provocative point, one that I'd like to see played out. I agree with the rest of your post.
I hate typewriters, and cannot imagine having survived trying to layout a magazine on one!
Dear MineralMan,
I think that perhaps the hoaxers weren't especially serious, and didn't think anyone would take them very seriously, upon careful examination. Probably just trying to pull a prank on a friend.
I think the hoaxers are likely as shocked to see the DNC, the Kerry campaign, and CBS all swallow their work as you are. Or I am.
I suspect it was a bit of fun and games that got badly out of hand.
And showed the (lack of) integrity of CBS, Dan Blather, the DNC and the Kerry campaign. And likely put the last nail in the coffin of the campaign for Spitballer-in-Chief.
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Yes, I noticed the "th" up and the "th" down also. I agree with what you are saying. Intentional sloppiness.
The Clintonistas planted a bomb... a freakin MOAB.
The superscript "th" found in the CBS document also differs from the superscript "th" produced by typewriters in other military documents. The kerning and height are substantially dissimilar.
In other words, a superscript from a 1973 typewriter do not seem to match the superscript found in the CBS document.
At any rate, there are too many other inconsistencies beyond the superscript issue as you already pointed out.
"This was deliberate, and it was clumsy enough to get caught immediately."
It wasn't caught by CBS.