Show Nipponese Typists Have but 2000 Characters t to Master J The Nipponese manipulators oCt of oC t typewriters have to struggle with u 11 ke keyboard of or 2000 characters to be picked out by hand band The slugs sIngs have Individual compartments In a n sliding tra tray The stenographer must press pressa a n knob In picking out these individual indi InH vidual signs feigns of ot the HI HI- forms Characters which once were pictured pictured pictured pic pic- have been reduced to their simplest forms on the typewriter and now v represent Ideas only when placed In n sound and thought sequence se se- se- se quence quence When the knob is moved directly over o the selected character pressure Is exerted A metal arm pushes across a tiny Ink roller and against the paper which Is rolled on a drum The drum shifts and revolves revolves re re- ol es as ns the letter progresses Cleveland Plain Dealer DenIer |