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https://xkcd.com/2912 Alt text: 𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓺 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months ago fonts were hardware What, like a printing press?
minus-squareouRKaoSlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoMore like a typewriter, but instead of individual arms for each key, it was a wheel with all the letters that would spin to the correct position before a little piston would whack it. Also, yes, it was loud as fuck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AXerox_Roman_PS_Daisywheel_-_mono.jpg
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoOh I’ve seen these… I thought they were for a typewriter, since they were among the things with the typewriter my mom had when I was a kid. Neat!
minus-squareouRKaoSlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI have seen electric typewriters that used the same tech, so it may have been a typewriter wheel you saw.
What, like a printing press?
More like a typewriter, but instead of individual arms for each key, it was a wheel with all the letters that would spin to the correct position before a little piston would whack it. Also, yes, it was loud as fuck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AXerox_Roman_PS_Daisywheel_-_mono.jpg
Oh I’ve seen these… I thought they were for a typewriter, since they were among the things with the typewriter my mom had when I was a kid. Neat!
I have seen electric typewriters that used the same tech, so it may have been a typewriter wheel you saw.