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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't there some way to fingerprint typewriters as well based on yhe exact shape of the letter stencils? I vaguely remember something like that being an actual thing for solving crimes

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Each letter in a typewriter isn't perfectly aligned and will be slightly higher or lower, this variation is distinctive to each typewriter.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

So bend the keys afterward, got it thx