Note on the QWERTY layout ...

[ChrisGreaves]

" ... it would have been the “QWETY” keyboard until Remington’s engineers made an extra change by moving the ‘R’ to the upper row so its salesmen could quickly type the word “typewriter” to potential clients."
Telegraph.co.uk

[John Gray]

But Wikipedia points out that there is no reference for this:
Their adjustments included placing the "R" key in the place previously allotted to the full stop, thus enabling salesmen to impress customers by pecking out the brand name "TYPE WRITER" from one keyboard row.^{[citation needed]}

[Goshute]

Slight Loungers may enjoy this story: http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/is ... v/type.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, especially the bit about converting to Burmese typeface.

Alas: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/nyreg ... ytell.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Leif]

Slight Loungers may enjoy this story...

Thank you - I did!

(Unfortunately, the NY Times link requires a registration process which I'm reluctant to go through...)

[HansV]

That's definitely an interesting story. Thanks!

(I could read the NY Times article without problems...)

[Goshute]

For those who can't access the NYT through the second link, it announces the passing of Martin K. Tytell, at age 94 in 2008.