Sorry, no sources. But that’s probably a dead circumflex accent key – it feels much more common than angle brackets.
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The only plausible idea I have is that it could be a French keyboard with a ^ dead key and < > for guillemets
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The giveaway that this is fake is that the characters don't align horizontally between the two lines of the title
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Not sure. It’s not uncommon to grab the platen release to move around without ratcheting.
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I could see that happening here instead of laborious spacing or backspacing.
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By full spaces, sure, but by half spaces? I don't think I ever knew a typewriter that could do that
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If you do the platen release lever, it moves completely freely.
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Typewriters are constrained by a grid in normal use, but there are common release levers where you can make them “smooth” in both axes.
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A lot of the “concrete poetry” stuff uses that creatively, e.g.:pic.twitter.com/cLiOmqwjl4
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OK, you *can* do it, but it at least casts more doubt on an already questionable image
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Agree it’s questionable!
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