3 Jul
2007
3 Jul
'07
10:03 p.m.
Now, in 1986, the number of systems available capable
of producing
such documents "in house" was fairly limited. You did have the
LaserWriter, but it had just come out and the document doesn't look
like it's using one of the original LW fonts.
The body font is Palatino, and specifically, it is a digital version rather
than a metal or photo version, as distinguished by the serifs on "E",
"p",
"q", and "y". The original Laserwriter had only the "base
13" fonts (Times,
Helvetica, Courier, and Symbol). The Laserwriter Plus (1986) did include
Palatino (and I could be wrong, but I think that was the first appearance
of the digital version); however, one of the documents is claimed to be
from 1985.
I'm not sure what the heading font is, but it's plainly not Helvitica,
which was the only text sans-serif available on the same device as digital
Palatino until the appearance of third-party Postscript fonts.
You'd think people would have learned something from Dan Rather.
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Kevin Schoedel <schoedel at kw.igs.net> VA3TCS