Posted on 09/11/2004 7:51:29 AM PDT by rocklobster11
Or should I say fo or fr or f anything? It seems that the character f in all the MemoGate documents overhangs the character following it, as shown in the document below:
Based on information I got from Hugh Hewitt's blog, provided to him from Rice University Computer Science professor Robert Cartwright, I decided to look at the memos for evidence of kerning. You can see from the image above, that the character combination "my" appears to be kerned in one document but not the other. However, I'm willing to write this off as being due to artifacts from the copying process. Also, the default Microsoft Word document that overlays perfectly with the memos does not use kerning.
Even without kerning, the Time New Roman (and other proportional fonts) on the computer has a negative offset with the letter f. That means that the top of the letter f will overhang the next character. This is not something that you would get from a normal typewriter in 1972, event with proportional fonts. The text below was written on an IBM Selectric with proportional fonts, and you can see that there is no overhang of the "f" chararacter on the character that follows
It seems that the only way these memos could have been written in 1972 would be on an IBM Selectric Composer, which was a desktop typesetting machine. There is an excellent analysis of the IBM Selectric Composer on http://shapeofdays.typepad.com/the_shape_of_days/2004/09/the_ibm_selectr.html, that shows how close a document created on an IBM Selectric composer could match up to the memos in question. The image below shows the CBS memo overlaid with the output of the IBM Selectric Composer (overlay in red):
The line spacing is off, but if you read the site above, you will see that the line spacing could be adjusted, and you get a pretty good match to the CBS memos. However, this match is not as good as the one produced with Microsoft Word in default settings. To see this, you can look at this Flash animation showing an overlay of MS Word ontop of one of the memos. The animation takes about 30-45 seconds to run, so watch it all.
If you read the commentary at http://shapeofdays.typepad.com/the_shape_of_days/2004/09/the_ibm_selectr.html, you will see the difficulty of creating this document on an IBM Selectric Composer: (e.g. requiring the switching out of font balls to get the superscript or the purchase of a special font ball just to add this non standard character, and the perfect centering of the header which matches identically to the way MS Word centers the same text.
The Boston Globe has interviewed an expert who confirms that these memos could have been created on an IBM Selectric Composer and that the Air Force completed service testing of the IBM Selectric Composer in April 1969. However, using the Composer was not a simple task, and it seems possible but improbable that the Texas Air National Guard would have had one of these machines or that Killian would have typed memos for his personal file on one of these machines. I've heard but do not have any evidence that the Composer was an expensive machine, on the order of several thousand dollars (which would be like $15,000 in todays terms).
All of the other documents in Bush's officially released files were not written with a proportional font, so it's up to CBS to produce other documents written in 1972 by Killian that are comparable to the CBS memos. Certainly, Killian or someone else wrote more than these 4 memos on this complex, expensive typesetting device.
It is possible that Killian wrote these memo's on an IBM Selectric Composer even though:
It's also possible that the Moon Landing was staged in a film studio. It's also possible that there are Alien remains in Hanger 18 in Roswell, N.M. Anything is possible. If CBS were a news organization rather than a Democratic 527 organization, they might at least admit that while possible, the probability is that these are forgeries, and that there is greater probability of finding the Loch Ness Monster than that these memos were written by Killian in 1972.
Excellent Information!!! I forwarded it to another 30+ people to spread the Truth.
THANKS!!!
Since it has no memory, the user was required to type everything twice. While typing the text the first time, the machine would measure the length of the line and count the number of spaces. When the user finished typing a line of text, they would record special measurements into the right margin of the paper. Once the entire column of text was typed and measured, it would then be retyped, however before typing each line, the operator would set the special justification dial (on the right side) to the proper settings, then type the line. The machine would automatically insert the appropriate amount of space between words so that all of the text would be justified.
The electronic versions didn't come out until 1975
I'm curious about the font in the "ordered to report" memo, does anyone know which font it is? I have not been able to exactly identify it. According to the IBM Selectric Composer manual, these were the only avaialable type styles...
Aldine Roman
Baskerville
Bodoni
Century
Classsified News
Copperplate Gothic
Journal Roman
Press Roman Symbols
Pyramid
Ruling
Theme
Univers
Looks like you post was pulled.
Part I: What's the Font, Kenneth and Part II: Dan, You Partisan Slut
| Factoid |
President Bush
|
Kerry
|
| Service |
Texas Air National Guard
|
US Naval Reserves
|
| Dates |
May 1968 - September 1973
|
Feb 1966 - Jan 1970
|
| Activities |
Pilot of F-102 Fighter Jets for 4 years
|
Commander of Swift Boat for 4 months
|
| Honorable Discharged |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Released from Service 6 months early |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Completed All Requirements Prior to Early Discharge |
Yes
|
No
|
| Admitted to War Crimes |
No
|
Yes
|
| Called Other Veterans War Criminals |
No
|
Yes
|
| Met with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in Paris to Negotiate American surrender |
No
|
Yes
|
| Joined Group that contemplated Assasination of US Senators |
No
|
Yes
|
| Threw Away His Medals |
No
|
Yes
|
| Didn't Throw Away His Medals Before He Threw Away His Medals |
No
|
???
|
| Claims He is a War Hero in Every Speech He Gives |
No
|
Yes
|
| Repeatedly Brings Up His Vietnam Service |
No
|
Yes
|
| Praises His Opponents Vietnam Service |
Yes
|
No
|
| Supported By Most of the Officers Who Served With Him and Supervised Him |
Yes
|
No
|
| Wants US Military to be used only with United Nations Approval |
No
|
Yes
|
| Experiense as Commander in Chief |
4 Years
|
NO
|
"You know what a 'love letter' is, don'cha neighbor?"
< /Frank Booth >
CBS is almost certainly guilty of trying to influence an election by fraudulent means.
Unfortunately, they don't hold an FCC licence, I believe the individual affiliates do. but they do get special dispensation under McCain Feingold. Can we get that withdrawn on the basis that they are not a legitimate news source?
The signature looks authentic.
#65 - Well stated!!
Excellent.
Actually, it was originally titled "F U Dan Rather", but the moderators decided to replace it with a kinder, gentler title. On the web document, I now call it What's the Font, Kenneth?
Your Factoid chart is excellent except there is a question about Kerry's discharge date.
He didn't get his honorable discharge until 1978 I believe, which raises the question did he get dishonorably discharged in the early 70's and then get pardoned as part of Carter's blanket pardon in 1977 resulting in an honorable discharge in 78?
LOL too funny. I'll fax it from Kinko's if anyone can post a fax munber for me. LOL
Absolutely no doubt in my mind that this is true.
I love you for telling the TRUTH!!!!!! Hodges speaks..............Blather is TOAST. Let's see what the ghoul (Blather) says on Monday!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s face the facts, folks. Dan Rather is following the lead of the man he worships most—William Jefferson Clinton. Rather is going to stick to his story unless and until some court decision determines he lied, at which time most of the kerfuffle will have diminished and he then may humbly apologize while noting his lies really did not harm anyone. It worked for Clinton—why not Rather?
Do you recall Rather’s response to O’Reilly’s direct question a few months ago whether Rather thought Clinton was an honest man? Rather carefully responded he believed Clinton was an honest man.
I do not believe our letters of inquiry or outrage to CBS or any of the other MSM endeavors will have any effect upon the stonewalling attitude of CBS or Rather. Instead, would it not be more appropriate to boycott totally ALL CBS TV programs, beginning with the Sunday news discussions and the NFL season-opening games? Further to emphasize the impact, why not tune specifically to Fox News (where available)—even in the off hours when we are not actually viewing the screen? If this action were strong enough to affect the viewership ratings of CBS, perhaps they would lose sufficient revenues from cancelled political ads to bring executive attention to the public’s displeasure with Mr. Rather and his despicable lack of integrity.
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