4.13.2001 please, appreciate this gallery of beautiful typewriters and then spend some time on one. write a letter.
Typewriter keys are directly proportionate to the script they produce.
One keystroke yields one letter, and striking the key harder produces a darker letter. By contrast, the connection between computer keys and text manipulation is nonproportional and electronic. Display brightness is unrelated to keystroke pressure, and striking a single key can effect massive changes in the entire text. What was disturbing was not just the fact that this was happening, but that hundreds of editors, my future bosses, were laughing. I felt myself swallowed by all the loud laughter.