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Show Nipponese Typists Have lnit 2,000 Characters to Master The Nipponese manipulators of typewriters have to struggle with a keyboard of 2,000 characters to be picked out by hand. The slugs have individual compartments In sliding tray. The stenographer must press a knob in picking out these Individual Indi-vidual signs of the Katukana lii-ragana lii-ragana forms. Characters which once were pictured pic-tured have been reduced to their simplest forms on the typewriter and now represent Ideas only when placed in sound and thought sequence. se-quence. When the knob Is moved directly over 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 re-volves as the letter progresses. Cleveland Plain Dealer. |
