Has anyone zoomed in on the Nordyke BC and checked the same letters?
I have. But the only copy of the Nordyke's BCs I've been able to find is pretty low resolution and degrades quickly when you zoom in. Nevertheless, I see the same "kerning" effect between the 'a' and 'p' of "Kapiolani" and the 'a' and 'u' in "Caucasian" as we see on the Obama BC.