From: "Robert G Lewis" 

First IBM proportional Type writer was 1941

IBM announces the Electromatic Model 04 electric typewriter, featuring the
revolutionary concept of proportional spacing. By assigning varied rather
than uniform spacing to different sized characters, the Type 4 recreated
the appearance of a printed page, an effect that was further enhanced by a
typewriter ribbon innovation that produced clearer, sharper words on the
page. The proportional spacing feature became a staple of the IBM Executive
series typewriters.

http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1941.html

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:4140c33d{at}w3.nls.net...
> My Uncle had an IBM typewriter that did stuff like that, it was an
> IBM...it
> was a bear to use..I do remember playing with it when I was a wee
> tot....and
> this was back in the late 50's, early 60's.  (Well, I wasn't so wee then,
> born in '49). FWIW.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:4140bbd9{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > As I stated there were typewriters at that time that could do a
>> > proportional
>> > font.  They cost $20,000 in 1972 dollars.  That would be like a
>> > $100,000
>> > typewriter today.  And of course we all know that the Government is
> always
>> > on the bleeding edge of technology and National Guard offices would of
>> > course be equipped with $100,000 dollar typewriters for use in routine
>> > correspondence.
>>
>> Hard to tell on that whether they'd have access to that kind of
>> typewriter
>> or not.  I do know I was doing wordprocessing on a computer and printer
> that
>> could have printed that in 1975, but it really doesn't even look like
>> that
>> to me either, the vertical spacing is to erratic.  It definitely looks
> like
>> an offshoot of Times New Roman, but there are subtle differences.  Heck,
>> maybe this was a really old, somewhat functional machine that was handed
>> down to the guard unit as usually happens, and that would explain why
> they'd
>> have such a high end type machine.  One things for sure and that's that
> the
>> PDF is of very low quality, and the typewriter that made it wasn't likely
> to
>> be modern.
>>
>> > correspondence but couldn't afford any real Letterhead Stationery.
>>
>> That's a non-issue for me.
>>
>> > Then there is the little problem of the superscript
"th".  NOT EVEN THE
>> > $100,000 TYPEWRITER COULD DO A SUPERSCRIPT "TH"
LIKE IS IN THIS FAKE.
>>
>> Actually the high end machines did have that as an option. (and even some
> of
>> the lower ones with replaceable type elements.)
>>
>> - Bob Comer (I don't know if it's a fake or not and I really don't care,
>> I
>> have enough to not vote for Bush already.  It's an interesting mental
>> exercise to look at though. )
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:4140b769{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > As I stated there were typewriters at that time that could do a
>> > proportional
>> > font.  They cost $20,000 in 1972 dollars.  That would be like a
>> > $100,000
>> > typewriter today.  And of course we all know that the Government is
> always
>> > on the bleeding edge of technology and National Guard offices would of
>> > course be equipped with $100,000 dollar typewriters for use in routine
>> > correspondence.  No problem having $100,000 typewriters for routine
>> > correspondence but couldn't afford any real Letterhead Stationery.
> Yeah
>> > Riggghhhhttt.
>> >
>> > Then there is the little problem of the superscript
"th".  NOT EVEN THE
>> > $100,000 TYPEWRITER COULD DO A SUPERSCRIPT "TH"
LIKE IS IN THIS FAKE.
> Or
>> > course Microsoft Word automatically creates the superscript
"th", and
>> > would
>> > be an easy mistake for the obviously not to bright forger to overlook.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> >
>> > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>> > news:4140b591$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> You're the first I've heard say that, but no matter.  The
font on that
>> > page
>> >> certainly looks like it didn't come from a modern printer either...
>> >>
>> >> btw, the first proportional font typewriter was made by
IBM in *1944*.
>> >>
>> >> - Bob Comer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>> >> news:4140b0d8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> Even a cursory examination of the document which can be found here
>> >> http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/BushGuardmay4.pdf shows its FAKE.
>> >>
>> >> The document is from 1972, and in 1972 people and the
National Guard
> used
>> >> TYPEWRITERS.  Typewriters used a fixed pitch courier
font.  This FAKED
>> >> document is in a PROPORTIONAL font that only typewriters
costing more
>> >> than
>> >> $20,000 1972 dollars could imitate, and NO TYPEWRITER (not even a
> $20,000
>> >> one) could create the superscript "th" that is
in this FAKED document.
>> >> Microsoft Word of course uses proportional fonts and automatically
>> >> creates
>> >> the superscript "th" found in this FAKED document.
>> >>
>> >> CBS and the democraps show their slime again.  This could
backfire on
>> > Kerry
>> >> with such an obviously faked document.
>> >>
>> >> There are problems with the signature as well that makes
experts think
>> >> the
>> >> signature is a cut a paste job of a signature from
another document.
>> >>
>> >> Gary
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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