In our archives, do we have the thread where Buckhead solved the riddle of the fonts?
I was there that day - the excitement was actually thrilling.
Here’s Buckhead’s famous post 47:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210662/posts?page=47#47
To: Howlin
Howlin, every single one of these memos to file is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman.
In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing, and typewriters used monospaced fonts.
The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90’s. Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn’t used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang systems that were dominant in the mid 80’s used monospaced fonts.
I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old.
This should be pursued aggressively.
47 posted on 9/8/2004, 8:59:43 PM by Buckhead
And here’s one on an earlier thread by TankerKC:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210516/posts
To: Howlin
WE NEED TO SEE THOSE MEMOS AGAIN!
They are not in the style that we used when I came in to the USAF. They looked like the style and format we started using about 12 years ago (1992). Our signature blocks were left justified, now they are rigth of center...like the ones they just showed.
Can we get a copy of those memos?
107 posted on 9/8/2004, 5:19:00 PM by TankerKC (R.I.P. Spc Trevor A. Win’E American Hero)
And here’s a write-up about it a few days later by Howlin:
FOR THE RECORD: CBS Memos Controversy on Free Republic
Free Republic ^ | September 18, 2004
Posted on 9/18/2004, 3:26:50 PM by Howlin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220090/posts