The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31
THINK OF a literally educated man
spending his life learning his
\ y Cs. Such n man is r. Nc


L BCs. Such a man is r. Nc
Kcan Jones. for nearly twenty
Eve years a department head Of the
Remington Typewriter Company.
Mr. Jones is a student, teacher and
lmahcr Il alphabets. He has the final
say as To- whether or not millions of the
people Of the earth shall have their
4 anguagr or dialect arranged so they
may enjoy the benefits of a typewriter.
Nearly 10 Of the worlds written Ian
guagcs have been passed upon by
Mr.. Jones. Not until they received his
profoundly analytical o. X. have their
alphabet been divided up and appor-
I, toned t. the keys OF the typewriter
board.
j'Yet Mr. Jones tells you modestly he
Is no lugWSt. He knows every one
Of the known alphabets. principally as
aphahets When you ask him what the
letters Of these alphabets mean after
they are combined in words he
tells you right out and out that he Is
stumped He can draw the Arabic
alphabet for YOU swiftly and artistically.
but he can't tell you what single sem
tence In that language means unless he
> has the translation book at hand.
Take single illustration and you'll
see what a wonderful man Mr.. Jones Is.
In 1895 it was decided by his company
that it might be commercially worth
while to construct an Arabic typewriter.
Inr AT, or n
gagged In "A study Of the pecuiiarities
and limitations Of the Arabic alphabet
before a single step was taken toward
building ~ Arabic language machine.
1t had tu be so. The problem was
gigantic one, because the Arabic
language contains combinations that
require a space twice as wide as other
combinations.
For instance in the English language
every one has noted the difference in
width If the letter | and the letters
or NJ, In the construction OF the
English language typewriter the diff
frent widths OF letters have been 50
accommodated that when any key Is
touched the carriage advances strictly
according 20 an even spaced scale. The
,side letters and the narrow letters
space exactly alike.
In Arab, however, II was found i'm
possible To- master the differences In
width un.l an arrangement had been
devSed tn meet the variations in char
icter widths This device had to be
made 50 ,aat its application did not
interfere with the fundamental mechan-
SIN Of t.o typewriter. The narrow
Arabic character and the wide character
must be provided for, and yet the ar
nhgemer' If the keyboard and other
primary mcchanisms must not be dis
sIufbed or the standardization OF the
Vpewrlor would he impaired.
Mr.. jon viii tell you that he did no
all 'hg himself, but IL you follow
shat he 'as done in bringing 1t abou
aW.ll h" s'cn what an important par
played When new language type
writer i, 'rcided upon Mr.. Jones gathers
,oout hm at once every bit Of authorl
su'e feature that will help to solv'
me pr. IT, Sometimes he has TO sent
/" the o.. nds of the earth to get thu
sooKS N' ,'cks, Then he sends to thu
adrh'd Of the language, whereve
uey c.0 uc reached, He asks them t
"hu nm 'ho complete alphabet or char
'uer rHolnations of the language
tmow'hs al possible kinds Of connec
rpnS l.."'t!Ons. signs and positions
ne eng men in every quarter OF tn
sOoe =. raw accurately the letters o
dderar
,op IT, is point you may say that MI
'Vnes has done nothing very wonderful
a''h'" more than what a good bust