Your finds keep leading me to new things to search for. This takes us to 1883 (middle of right column): https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9VBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA183&dq= …"pica+type-writer"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ4aO1v8bhAhUnVd8KHVMaD5oQuwUILDAA#v=onepage&q="type-writer"&f=false
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Replying to @WideSpacer @enf and
Here's the relevant text from that: “Pica "Type-Writer" is the latest from the type founders ... in imitation of the work of the type-writing machines”pic.twitter.com/2YhXjBsoDq
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Replying to @WideSpacer @enf and
And an 1885 sample, all caps. I think the point is proven and I'm going to stop now.https://books.google.com/books?id=MANDAQAAMAAJ&dq=type%20foundry%20imitation%20type%20writer&pg=PR49#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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In case this is interesting to you:pic.twitter.com/87PBXVpnvi
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Replying to @mwichary @WideSpacer and
The unplaned type is a semi-bad idea even then! It would wear your type or even potentially break it, or damaged your tympan drawsheet (not expensive, but still a pain to load and get packed properly).
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One more way in which typewriters ruin typography!
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Myth!!! The Linotype ruined typography.
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No no the use of standard unit widths!
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Haven’t had much luck with finding the example of “r.” in the wild, but I found a 1886 letter from someone who really wanted that key.pic.twitter.com/GIYIXWmk0j
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Replying to @mwichary @WideSpacer and
That is incredibly impressive that you found this! Superscripts were very common in sign painting and I guess handwriting, but they were a huge pain and rarely used in typesetting.
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(by rarely, I mean that fonts of type didn't typically include superscripts, so it would be a specialized and irritating thing to include them in hand setting)
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