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unknown

Hi,

I was wondering if one of the resident experts could put a name to this font?



Hope to hear from you!

Thanks,

Matt

unknown

Thanks! I had Times, but on "bold" setting instead of "Roman"!

2 minutes was a bit of a slow answer too - quicker next time!!! ;o)

Matt

unknown

Hey Matt, if you're trying to forge more memos about George Bush's (non)military service you need to spell Airborne like an American ;-)

unknown

Actually, I think this may be Press Roman printed on an IBM Selectric Composer. The kerning looks funny to me, and of course the lack of superscript is suspicious as well.

unknown

Aha! If only CBS's source had used the IBM Selectric to forge those memos they wouldn't be in such hot water right now.

unknown

I just took a look at those CBS documents.... wow. Why'd they waste money with all those "experts" when they could have just posted to the Type ID forum?

I can't believe they didn't buy the Press Roman Expert Set for their Selectric so that they could actually do a proper superscript! :-)

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