This discussion was certainly interesting. Ideally, one would like to have a reference source that covers all the languages which use the Latin alphabet, showing the characters used by each, and the … (View Post)
It took me some time to research this, but it turns out the modern "electric typewriter" keyboard arrangement was present on the 1925 Remington Electric, which was the first machine sold in… (View Post)
On the manual typewriter (in the USA English arrangement) " was the shift of 2, _ was the shift of 6, and ' was the shift of 8. Also, * was the shift of -, which was still on the right of 0 (ze… (View Post)
Earlier today, I noticed a YouTube video about a deadly book. It turned out that it wasn't that its contents drove people insane, but rather, the wallpaper specimens in it caused arsenic poisoning.I … (View Post)
I have learned something from this thread. Aside from not having heard of Fairbank myself until now, this inspired me to do some searching. I learned that as well as there being a Bembo Italic, both … (View Post)