I decided to take your suggestion and looked back at John Kerry's DD214s, also from 1972.
Not only were multiple machines used, but proportional fonts as well.
Lines 1-10 are in standard evenly spaced fonts
Lines 11 and 12 are in proportional fonts.
The form then goes back to even fonts for a while, and then the bottom section is all in proportional fonts again.
Maybe I'm off base here, but something is wrong with the use of this type of font on Kerry's DD214s from 1972.
And the OFFICAL DOCUMENTS watermark is such a nice touch...
Also, some boxes appear to be typed with a newer ribbon and some with an older/faint ribbon---and not necessarily sequential from top to bottom.
I decided to take your suggestion and looked back at John Kerry's DD214s, also from 1972.
Not only were multiple machines used, but proportional fonts as well.
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Might the Kerry discharge be a partially-preprinted form, with the personal indivudual stuff typed in later?
Thanks for posting that! I suggest everyone save it to your harddisks. It might come in handy. BTW, is there a page #1? I notice at the bottom it looks like these are numbered pages 2 & 3. I've never heard of a three-page DD214. Mine wasn't. But I'm just wondering. Thanks.