Re: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:45:21 -0700, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/27/24 11:13 AM, D wrote:

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force of habit, text-justification looks better without adding spaces

>
You could do it by hand on an IBM Executive typewriter -- it had
proportional type and fractional spaces.  You could do typeset-quality
stuff with a little effort.

form follows function... long time since mister sandman
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ibm+electric+typewriter+1950s

...
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ibm+electric+typewriter+model+d+1967

guessing it's the 1967 "model d" that the baby boomers recall, but
this 1954 "model b" was still around . . . that much i do remember

https://archive.org/details/ibm-model-b-electric-typewriter-user-manual-1954
IBM Model B Electric Typewriter User Manual 1954
by International Business Machines Typewriter Division
Publication date    1954
Topics              user manual, electric typewriter,
                   IBM Model B, gender stereotypes
Collection          manuals_showcase; manuals;
                   additional_collections
Language            English
Item Size           142.9M
...
PDF
https://archive.org/download/ibm-model-b-electric-typewriter-user-manual-1954/IBM%20Model%20B%20Electric%20Typewriter%20User%20Manual%201954.pdf

(128.9 MB)

Note the posture of Stella Pajunas,
the present World's Typing
Champion. She types comfortably
and efficiently all day on the IBM,
without tiring, by following these
four rules:
upper arms sloped slightly
forward
back erect, supported by
backrest
forearms on same slope
as keyboard
feet flat on floor

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