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Why? Because of the typeface and the numbered list?
by alanbernstein 2y ago
Why? Because of the typeface and the numbered list?
- tivert 2y ago> Why? Because of the typeface and the numbered list? Yes, the typeface. And the numbered list looks suspicious too, now that you mention it. Also the kerning (look at the renderings of fi and fr in the document). It wouldn't be the first time something like that gave away a forgery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy. I've seen documents from the 60s and earlier, and they never look like someone banged them out in MS Word with Times New Roman.
- hn_acker 2y agoCheck nneonneo's comment [1]. The test pictured in the featured article was retyped and reformatted from an earlier version, though the test itself might not be authentic. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41909793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41909793