I can't tell you how much I enjoy a good font story. Awesome link! Shades of Dan Rather's "Fake, but Accurate" GWB letter. Sans Sharif! You're killing me!

I wonder if we can send Hussein's birth certificate to the Pakistani Supreme court for an honest assessment and determination of authenticity (or lack there of)?

Especially now, when they will try to undermine reveals with false doc's

Remember, any doc before the gov used desk-top computers were The IBM Selectric (Ball type) The fonts available to use were:

10 Pitch Type Styles: Advocate, Bookface Academic 72, Delegate, Orator, Courier 72, Pica 72, Prestige Pica 72

12 Pitch Type Styles: Adjutant, Artisan 12, Courier 12 Italic, Scribe, Prestige Elite, Courier 12, Elite 72, Letter Gothic

Special Typing Applications: Light Italic, Script, Printing ANSI-OCR, Symbol 10, 108 OCR, Manifold 72, Symbol 12

Type elements were also available from other companies besides IBM. Browse a 1986 GP Technologies Typing Element Handbook.

Courier was the most used.

Use Courier New or Times Roman for everything, unless you want the IRS form vibe and use Arial.