> the authors haven't used a typewriter
The authors are the famous Kernighan and Brailsford (!). They spent their life on stuff like this, and know him personally very well. They are talking about spacing much finer than half-character.
The authors are the famous Kernighan and Brailsford (!). They spent their life on stuff like this, and know him personally very well. They are talking about spacing much finer than half-character.
Where? 1/24" is all they mention, which is half the normal 1/12" character spacing.
p11 https://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/typewriter/selectric/PCE-008-1...
Was there something that would allow for the the fancier horizontal resolution tricks?