Typewriter HistoryThe Shift Key Wars: How Single-Shift and Double-Shift Designs Split the MarketFor forty years, typewriter makers argued over whether one shift key was enough or two were necessary. The answer determined keyboard layout, typeface count, and the feel of every machine built between 1890 and 1930.Tag
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Typewriter HistoryThe Shift Key Wars: How Single-Shift and Double-Shift Designs Split the MarketFor forty years, typewriter makers argued over whether one shift key was enough or two were necessary. The answer determined keyboard layout, typeface count, and the feel of every machine built between 1890 and 1930.
Typewriter HistoryHow Japan Learned to Type: From Kanji Matrices to Kana PortablesJapan could not use a Western typewriter, and for forty years it did not have a good answer to that fact. Then it invented several at once. Here is how kanji, kana, and Latin typewriters coexisted on Japanese desks.