@enf @glennf What do you think this “r.” is? (Also, note two quotation marks!)pic.twitter.com/rZVuAwFAJk
Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him
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@enf @glennf What do you think this “r.” is? (Also, note two quotation marks!)pic.twitter.com/rZVuAwFAJk
Gee, this is a stumper. A lowercase r followed by a period could be used to form abbreviations like "Mr.", "Dr.", or "Fr." (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces180.html …) But why not just use a lowercase r and a period? My best guess is that the "r." printed as a superscript, but I really have no clue
oh, it actually says that in the book (Haven's complete manual) it's from; "In such abbreviations as Mr. or Dr., the small letter r and period can be made with one touch by using the fourth key from the left in first row."
Are you kidding me!?!?! This was there all along?
Amazing! Thanks!!! Now I’d just love to see it. :·D
So if the typing samples are to be believed, this is literally “r.” – it doesn’t look any different! It’s more like the first macrodefinition than anything else. No wonder they removed it.pic.twitter.com/U4JVZb5STl
I feel particularly happy since I interlibraried and scanned this book myself!!!
An answer! Efficiency! And in looking through some old manuals, I can see that you might type Dr. or Mr. 100s of times in typewriting notes (stenography, for instance) or in certain detailed letters. STILL. A special key!
It's interesting to see sexism so clearly codified in a keyboard design
Yeah, and this was still during this brief window (in the western world at least) where typewriters were men, too.
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