A crossword exploring archaic typing errors, historic keyboard blunders, and obsolete input mishaps from the early days of typing.
Forgotten Mistypes of Classic Keyboards
Explore the curious world of obsolete typing errors that plagued early typists and vintage keyboard users in this challenging crossword.
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Across
- 1. Cause of accidental uppercase typing on old machines
- 2. Typing error from typing over previously printed characters
- 3. Typewriter malfunction resulting in stuck typebars
- 6. Typewriter component that could cause misaligned letters
- 8. Classic keyboard layout prone to common finger slips
- 13. Errors from manual typesetting influencing typing mistakes
- 14. Error fixing method adding missing characters
- 15. A key that remains pressed, causing repeated characters
- 16. Key used to remove errors but often led to smudges
- 18. Common error swapping two letters' order
Down
- 4. Ink source that smudged causing unclear typing
- 5. Obsolete function causing accidental all-caps typing
- 7. Mistake caused by fingers dragging over keys
- 9. Key used to erase but sometimes failed on old devices
- 10. Accidentally typing letters twice
- 11. When multiple keys fail to register or register incorrectly
- 12. Hitting the wrong key due to misalignment
- 17. Mistyped words due to home row finger errors
- 19. Typing error from pressing keys too fast on typewriters
- 20. Mark indicating where to insert text, often confused
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