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to: Glenn Meadows
from: Gary Britt
date: 2004-09-10 12:27:58
subject: Re: `New Documents` Used By 60 Minutes Are FAKES!!!!

From: "Gary Britt" 

And by the way the typewriter of which you speak did do proportional font
spacing BUT it did NOT do kerning.

Gary


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:4141cbe7{at}w3.nls.net...
> Kerning, yes, but I still remember that old typewriter that DID do that
> (kerning/proportional spacing).
>
> When making a mistake, and wanting to use a white out type of strip to
type
> over, you and to backspace 5 times for a capitol M or W, and only 2 for an
l
> or i.  It became a learning experience to know how to correct things as
you
> went.
>
> I don't recall a small "th" though.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
> news:opsd35zpd6eipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
> > On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:28:31 -0500, Glenn Meadows

> > wrote:
> >
> > > Not if the ball had a special character on it for the superscript
"th".
> > >
> >
> > And then there is the kerning.  CBS is cooked.
> >
> > --
> > Gary Wiltshire
>
>

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