In reality the Times Roman font dates from it's use in the London Times in the 1930s and was used by nearly every major American newspaper. It was patented (U.S. registration 417,439, October 30, 1945 )
"UPDATE: Also, for all of the people bugging me about the fact that Times Roman has been around since the thirties - yes, yes, in printing presses, not as a proportional typewriter font. You guys can come up with theories and comment or e-mail them to me all day long, but experts that do this for a living will be likely be able to tell you why you are wrong. That's why they are called "experts.""
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Dr. Buffard is one of the top experts in the country and there is no indication whatsoever that he is a partisan Republican or a suporter of Bush. I believe he's been quoted as saying he plans to vote for Kerry.
And its not just the style of Time New Roman and the sub scriptin but also the kerning. You can't do that on a Selectric.
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If you think that you can create these memos on a Selectric why don't you take this guy up on his offer -
defeatjohnjohn.com
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UPDATE 13: By the way, this is Rocket. I've been pitching in on these last few updates. Reader Theresa McAteer makes a good point:
I went to the "other document" cited by Chris Rohlfs (from the anti-Bush webpage "awolbush.com") where Bush requests - on 5 Sep 73 - to be discharged. I note that Lt. Col. Killeen's response is dated 6 Sep 73, and it is directed "TO: 147th Ftr Intcp Gp/CC"
Note: the "th" in "111th" and "147th" - from Killeen's part of the memo -- are not in superscript. As of 6 Sep 73, Killeen's typewriter did not have the superscripting key. Yet on the CBS-produced "memo" dated 18 August 1973, it does.
Actually, several of the documents on this "awolbush.com" are from the Texas ANG in this 1972 and 1973 period (the same period as the alleged memos). NONE of them have a superscripted "th", and ALL of them are in the same old 1970s-era typeface I remember from my college days (and NONE of them are in the typeface used in the alleged memos).
She's right. On the left is Killian's genuine typed memo of September 6, 1973. No superscript, and an authentically 1970's look. On the right is CBS's fake August 18 memo. Note the superscript, and the generally modern, word-processed look. Click to enlarge.
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HODGES SAID HE WAS MISLED BY CBS: Retired Maj. General Hodges, Killian's supervisor at the Grd, tells ABC News that he feels CBS misled him about the documents they uncovered. According to Hodges, CBS told him the documents were "handwritten" and after CBS read him excerpts he said, "well if he wrote them that's what he felt."
Hodges also said he did not see the documents in the 70's and he cannot authenticate the documents or the contents. His personal belief is that the documents have been "computer generated" and are a "fraud".
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And a strong argument not based on the type -
What the Bush Guard Papers Really Say
The CBS story just doesn’t add up.
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