What was the aesthetics? To have a superscript r. for abbreviations like Mr.?
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Usually because something was typed so often, it would reduce keystrokes and take up less space. I suppose if you typed Cr. and Dr. 1,000 times a day, halving the stroke would be useful?
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I think the suggestion was that it could be a nice superscript, like the o. in numero, or some of the French ordinals?
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Ah. Yes. Like the way schoolgirls draw hearts instead of the tittle for the lowercase i. Plus it does save a bit of typing. I liked the theory it was connected with the £ or another financial abbreviation, because they shared that key—but there’s no association I can find.
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I wonder if it's the same character as Hammond's mysterious shift-F https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/40/a4/9d/ec982861bf791b/US290419.pdf …pic.twitter.com/bfTGe2XqYy
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Interesting. It’s in manuals also, but otherwise it often looks like a pound. I don’t imagine it’s an early version of ¤ – a generic currency symbol?pic.twitter.com/wqiHv2JWuX
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That’s the “per” symbol, no? (from CMOS, 14th ed.)pic.twitter.com/b2G3xFnnmk
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!!!! cc
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Yup! That's the "per" symbol. Not one I've ever had a chance to investigate, unfortunately.
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And here are some Hammonds with it!pic.twitter.com/Sx8aFo6nc5
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Replying to @mwichary @shadychars and
Oh, and here’s even a transitional model. (Reminds me of the “1” key on Selectrics.)pic.twitter.com/suszLJoPFO
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Also round in Remington’s list of available keyboards:pic.twitter.com/EQzYcCEwBF
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