< [[tch tch >>schkt >>[[tch tch]]>>schkt>> ting! the simple joy of typewriting ^¥^

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~wolfinthewoods

symbols from yesteryear

oooh, i'd dig on that so hard

i wonder what different symbols there could be

i should look them up

yep, the electrix typewriter, while prob lighter

than a manual

still a beast to lug all over town to the next town

(where i live)

on the bus no less

yeah please do

i'd live to see if you don't mind to share

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~inquiry wrote (thread):

Actually, I was mis-remembering the "symbols from yesteryear" part, confusing the Olympia keyboard with a keyboard on my phone. <blushes>

But the Olympia *did* have a few keyboard oddities which you can see if you magnify the picture at the link I provided:

• some hard-coded fraction keys (3/4, 1/4, 1/2)
• a '1/' key (perhaps so one could pencil in a denominator?)
• the "cents" symbol (as in "dollars and cents")
• a key for "th", and shifting that key produces a small circle.. for... "degrees" (?)
• a key in the upper right that I think was some alternate way of representing single and double quotes... perhaps "large" versions of them? (can't remember)

You'll also note that some of the punctuation keys aren't where they are on modern QWERTY's.

An example of the typefont (typeset...? I'm suddenly not remembering the word) will have to wait, as it's likely in some memorabilia in some box in the basement, and there's a guest sleeping in a room down there at the moment... and plus I've somewhat of a big day to get ready for... so... <panting>