- to a
typebar that had the
corresponding letter molded, in reverse, into its
striking head. When a key was
struck briskly and firmly, the
typebar hit a...
-
starting in the mid-1930s. They used the
conventional moving carriage and
typebar mechanism, as
opposed to the
fixed carriage and type ball used in the IBM...
- that it was
designed to
reduce the
likelihood of
internal clashing of
typebars by
placing commonly used
combinations of
letters ****her from each other...
-
special powers which rival those of the
master of the city.
Writing for
Typebar Magazine,
Simon McNeil described the
trilogy as "revealing the dark heart...
- an
oblique frontstroke typebar typewriter. The
typebars strike a red/black
inked ribbon,
which is
positioned between the
typebar and the
paper by a lever...
-
arranged in a grid, with a
typebar that
could move over the grid in two
dimensions to
select a
particular character. The
typebar then
struck the character...
-
previously moved a
typebar directly, now it
engaged mechanical linkages that
directed mechanical power from the
motor into the
typebar. This was also true...
- of each
typebar, and the typewriter's
Shift key
caused the
entire type
apparatus to move,
physically shifting the
positioning of the
typebars relative...
-
actuating the
typebars: one in
which the keys and
typebars were
connected by a
series of
wires and one in
which the keys
directly "kicked" the
typebars upwards...
- on a
manual typewriter the
carriage holding the
paper moves while the
typebars that
strike the
ribbon remain stationary. The
entire carriage had to be...
