John, I learned typing in a summer high school class of 50 or 60.. The teacher was a former prison camp guard, and she was determined to teach these girls a secretarial skill ! ! ! I only used my art gum eraser (from the mechanical drawing class) ONCE before she confiscated it. How she snuck up behind me is still a mystery. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:09 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Ann Sanfedele >> >> Showing my age ( not that I haven't done that before), during the reign >> of the typewriter that I grew up with there were no italics at all. >> e.g. - >> >> http://www.willdavis.org/TilmanUnderwoodPort1932Junior611468.jpg >> >> Later - in the early 60's I used an IBM electric typewriter with a ball >> head, and you could change typeface by changing the little balls >> the type was on. as I recall, we used underlining to indicate what >> should be in italics if you were printing something in the newspaper, or >> a magazine or a book. And yes, you had to back up and type in the >> underlines under the words. >> >> ann > > I learned on one like this one. > > http://tinyurl.com/6cmsy2t > > ... or some similar late 50s vintage "standard" office typewriter. > > I learned to type in the mid 60s while I was in high school. The typewriters > we used in class had all the key-caps replaced with blanks so you couldn't > look at the keyboard to figure out where the letters were. > > You had to keep your eyes on the text on your copy stand. Nor could you look > at the typescript to see if you were typing correctly. > > If the teacher caught you looking at the page while you were typing she'd > slap you up against the back of the head with a ruler. If you were looking > at the keys, you'd get your hand smacked. > > For practice at home, I had an old Remington that once belonged to my > grandmother; one even older than your Underwood. > > http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/large/Remington12.jpg > > Typing on a computer is so much easier. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
