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Dan Rather Lied: Company that owns font did not License it till 1980!
Internet ^ | 5 May 1994 | Charles Bigalow

Posted on 09/10/2004 5:23:19 PM PDT by Thanatos

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More Font Type Elements for the IBM Selectric type II


81 posted on 09/10/2004 6:14:45 PM PDT by Thanatos
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To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
Dan Rather's acting like some Cigarette Executive being interviewed by Mike Wallace.

Lol!

82 posted on 09/10/2004 6:16:34 PM PDT by mac_truck (Aide toi et dieu l’aidera)
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To: Thanatos
The DUmmies have been posting that all day: "Look! It's a list of Selectric balls, and some of them have a black dot, meaning 'proportional spacing.'"

They overlook the asterisk: 'For use on typewriters and printers with proportional spacing.' IAW, NOT the Selectric.

83 posted on 09/10/2004 6:16:39 PM PDT by Petronski (I'd like to volunteer to build a barn and take you press guys out behind it and kick your asses.)
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To: Chad Fairbanks

Uh-huh. That difference between the two fonts alone should be enough for CBS to let go of those badly-drawn boys and call it a day.

However, they keep on pushing this.


84 posted on 09/10/2004 6:18:35 PM PDT by lavrenti (Think of who is pithy, yet so attractive to women.)
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To: Malsua

Killian had a linotype in his basement, donchaknow.


85 posted on 09/10/2004 6:19:02 PM PDT by Petronski (I'd like to volunteer to build a barn and take you press guys out behind it and kick your asses.)
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To: Petronski

Probably a photo compositor.

I'm still fond of the Mr. Peabody and Sherman with the Wayback Machine theory.


86 posted on 09/10/2004 6:20:24 PM PDT by lavrenti (Think of who is pithy, yet so attractive to women.)
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To: Chad Fairbanks

Dude, you are amazing!!!


87 posted on 09/10/2004 6:20:46 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Morologus es!)
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To: lavrenti

True enough. However, as I said it shouldn't matter since I don't recall the Times New Roman or even Times Roman font being used on typewriters or computers or consoles prior to the early 80s...

If the font in those memos is one of the roman fonts, then it's a document that is at least post-1980...


88 posted on 09/10/2004 6:22:01 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Kerry's Campaign fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.)
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To: Thanatos

Perhaps the most interesting question coming from this SNAFU is: "If Kerry had these documents forged, what other documents from his past are also forged?"


89 posted on 09/10/2004 6:22:41 PM PDT by per loin (This tagline has not been censored!)
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To: netmilsmom

Thank you! (The Imaginary Spiders are not thanking you though, since they were just forced to leave) ;0)


90 posted on 09/10/2004 6:22:46 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Kerry's Campaign fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.)
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To: Thanatos

Nice work!


91 posted on 09/10/2004 6:22:53 PM PDT by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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To: Chad Fairbanks

>> (The Imaginary Spiders are not thanking you though, since they were just forced to leave) ;0)<<

LOL!


92 posted on 09/10/2004 6:23:52 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Morologus es!)
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To: lavrenti
You may find slight differences between Times Roman and Times New Roman.

I always thought that as well.

Times Roman is a body text, serifed typeface. It was created by Linotype to compete with Monotype's Times New Roman typeface. Both are based on an older design called Plantin. Their readability and economical use of space caused them to be used extensively in American newspapers during World War II to save paper. A digital version of Times Roman was implemented in early Postscript interpreters (also in laser printers) and later distributed with the free Acrobat Reader software for the popular PDF file format, thus making the typeface ubiquitous.

The differences between Times Roman and Times New Roman PS are mostly a trademark issue. Although there are subtle stylistic and spacing differences, they are invisible in body typefaces at normal reading distances.

Microsoft Windows computers feature Monotype's Times New Roman PS while Mac computers have Linotype's Times Roman.

In digital font systems, Times [New] Roman is usually the first font coded, and the font most often examined to determine the quality of the font system. Therefore, software designers and commercial organizations take particular care with it.

 

from: http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Times_Roman
93 posted on 09/10/2004 6:25:19 PM PDT by gilliam
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To: Chad Fairbanks

Which is true. Therefore Rather's defense is amusing and absurd.


94 posted on 09/10/2004 6:25:56 PM PDT by lavrenti (Think of who is pithy, yet so attractive to women.)
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To: Thanatos

I don't know why ANYONE would want to claim credit for New Times Roman. It is an awful, shrimpy typeface, especially for baby boomers whose collective eyesight has started to show wear and tear. It's ugly too. I hate it.


95 posted on 09/10/2004 6:26:10 PM PDT by Amore (Go, Swifties, go!)
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To: lavrenti

Well, yeah LOL. I don't think many hear disagree with THAT LOL


96 posted on 09/10/2004 6:27:48 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Kerry's Campaign fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.)
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To: Chad Fairbanks

I don't know about you, but my first response when I finally loaded those .pdfs the other night was laughter.

I have a mental image of the dudes from Raising Arizona putting this fraud together.


97 posted on 09/10/2004 6:31:35 PM PDT by lavrenti (Think of who is pithy, yet so attractive to women.)
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To: Amore
I don't know why ANYONE would want to claim credit for New Times Roman. It is an awful, shrimpy typeface, especially for baby boomers whose collective eyesight has started to show wear and tear. It's ugly too. I hate it.

Well, somebody liked it so much they neglected to change it to Courier or American Typewriter...and here we are, LOL!!!

98 posted on 09/10/2004 6:33:06 PM PDT by lavrenti (Think of who is pithy, yet so attractive to women.)
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To: My2Cents

With you there. Nothing like having FRiends.


99 posted on 09/10/2004 6:33:09 PM PDT by Mach9 (.)
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To: lavrenti

I hear ya... Probably some punk kid, who's never even seen a typewriter, thinking "I'll make up some documents, and make points with the boss!" as they sat down at their PC, fired up Word, and began to type...


100 posted on 09/10/2004 6:33:39 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Kerry's Campaign fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.)
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