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To: autumnraine

I’m pretty sure the Kenyan document is typed in Elite font. Most typewriters of that era were either Elite or Pica. I know, because I used those old machines.

Look like a good match. The lower case L was used as the numeral 1. Capital O and zero are also the same.

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=205294


1,894 posted on 08/04/2009 11:47:21 AM PDT by Jedidah ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana)
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To: Jedidah

Thank you Jedidah! I think Elite is probably right for the typeface, it is very very similiar to Courier, which might have been modeled after that.


1,924 posted on 08/04/2009 12:50:31 PM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: Jedidah
I’m pretty sure the Kenyan document is typed in Elite font. Most typewriters of that era were either Elite or Pica. I know, because I used those old machines.

Jedidah, You are making the basic mistake most computer users make... a font is not a typeface... or a "font" (which also isn't a typeface although we are more and more using it to mean that)

A Pica is a unit of measurement used in printing. It is 1/72nd of an inch.

Neither Elite nor Pica, when referring to a typewriter, are typefaces or fonts. Both refer to the pitch of the typewriter, i.e., how many characters per inch that particular model will place on a page a paper. A Pica typewriter, regardless of the typeface used, will strike the paper, adding a character, and then move the platen to the left 10/72", thus resulting in a pitch of 10 characters per inch. An Elite Typewriter, also regardless of the typeface used, will hit the paper, and then move the platen over 8/72", resulting in a pitch of 12 characters per inch. An Elite typewriter could place more letters and spaces and thus more words on a page than a Pica typewriter... College students loved Pica typewriters because it was easier to turn out a 10 page paper using 10 letters per inch than it was to do the same using 12 letters per inch. Pica type was also larger and a bit easier to read.

Most typewriters were single pitch machines. The IBM Selectric was one of the first selectable pitch typewriters.

2,106 posted on 08/05/2009 1:02:19 AM PDT by Swordmaker (remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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