PaulK writes:
As for faint letters, there are odd singletons like the a in African and the i in University - but there are enough other examples to show that there is no consistency. The top bar of the E in the first HUSSEIN is weak, but not in the second, or in East. Again, the forgery hypothesis fails.
To compound the issue.. how many times has this piece of paper been scanned, printed and re-scanned?
The a in African and the i in University are in line with each other vertically. If you take a step back, you can kinda see a larger vertical "numbing" of the print in line with these two letters. As if the document scanning/reprinting at one time or another was done on a not-quite-perfect printer or scanner. This is not surprising, as even modern printers/scanners still have these issues, depending on their age and cost/quality of the unit. For older ones - such a "numbing" is almost to be expected here or there.
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