Yeah, I have sources on the list I created a few weeks ago.
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Replying to @mwichary @shadychars
Here's a question though - did the Remington #1 even have the mechanical ability to combine two characters? I suspect yes but don't know.
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Replying to @WideSpacer
Good question. Not sure if Backspace existed? I might get in touch with someone who knows.
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Replying to @mwichary
Didn't you combine characters by holding down the spacebar? I always assumed it was a fortunate quirk of the machine, but don't know.
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Replying to @WideSpacer
Also unsure if that existed as early as S&G/R1.
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Replying to @mwichary
Aha! 1877 publication describes combining S and I for dollar, using the spacebar. https://books.google.com/books?id=ca05AQAAMAAJ&dq=remington%20typewriter%20exclamation%20period&pg=PA2677#v=onepage&q=remington%20typewriter%20exclamation%20period&f=false …
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Replying to @WideSpacer @mwichary
It shows a list of available characters but does not show the tricolon.
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Replying to @WideSpacer @mwichary
(And it includes a good list of typewriter patents too.)
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Replying to @WideSpacer @mwichary
OMG!!! It says "the parenthesis and apostrophe ) ' are straight marks" Was the tricolon was suppose to serve as both parentheses?
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Replying to @WideSpacer
Interesting. Not sure what to make out of it. Slash was often used as an early dumb parenthesis /like this/, but it’s not there on S&G.
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I’m not sure how trustworthy this entry is – they mention ! has to be synthesized, but then list it just above as a regular character.
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Replying to @mwichary
If you account for their overlistings, they basically show 43 of 44 characters—so all that's left for a "straight" parenthesis is tricolon.
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