Re: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France

On 8/28/24 6:55 AM, D wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:45:21 -0700, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/27/24 11:13 AM, D wrote:

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force of habit, text-justification looks better without adding spaces

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You could do it by hand on an IBM Executive typewriter -- it had proportional type and fractional spaces.  You could do typeset-quality stuff with a little effort.

 form follows function... long time since mister sandman
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ibm+electric+typewriter+1950s

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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ibm+electric+typewriter+model+d+1967

 guessing it's the 1967 "model d" that the baby boomers recall, but
this 1954 "model b" was still around . . . that much i do remember

No, probably the 1976 model. Times Roman.  It was there when I arrived in 1978.  It had two spacebars.  Also a fractional backspace so you could kern.  It was a beautiful thing.  It was on a contract for many years.  When it finally needed a repair the bastards said they didn't have anyone who knew how to fix it and refunded that year's fee.
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Cheers, Bev
    Politicians are stupid like cats are stupid.