Saturday, 17 September 2022

Mysterious keys (1) : Silver-Reed bullet points

If you are used to modern microcomputer keyboards, with over a hundred keys, then a typewriter with about half of that will seem quite odd. Many keys you may take for granted on a microcomputer keyboard do not exist on a usual typewriter, plus there are plenty of keys you'll never see on a computer too as this series will explore. 

An example is the bullet point key which my Silver-Reed typewriters both have. A standard bullet point key on a microcomputer keyboard would probably be a good thing considering the mess Word makes out of them.