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To: LindyBill who wrote (55129)9/9/2004 4:19:35 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
"MS Word typeface and spacing did not exist in 1972."

Obviously you aren't acquainted with a piece of technology called the Selectric...



To: LindyBill who wrote (55129)9/9/2004 4:37:05 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
When I took typing class in 1968 we used both the remington manual, fixed font, and the IBM selectric 2 with it's variable font "golf ball". That spacing was not only available then, but was available when my older brother took the class a couple years before me.

The font balls came in 10 or 12 pitch and included Roman, Courier, and a script font. The basic windows fonts were based on them.

TP


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