A crossword exploring archaic typing errors, historic keyboard blunders, and obsolete input mishaps from the early days of typing.
Forgotten Typos from Vintage Keyboards
Explore archaic typing errors and outdated keyboard mishaps that typists once faced in the early days of typing technology.
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- 1. Classic keyboard layout often blamed for typing mistakes
- 2. Smear caused by fresh ink on mechanical typed pages
- 4. Key used to erase typing errors, less forgiving in old machines
- 5. Old term for what modern keyboards call 'Caps Lock'
- 7. Typewriter part causing skipped lines when misused
- 9. Inked fabric strip that imprints letters on paper
Down
- 3. Key pressed to start a new line in typewriters
- 6. Typing technique to correct a letter by typing over it
- 8. Obsolete name for the key that aligned text into columns
- 10. Typing error caused by hitting the wrong key or letter
- 11. Part that advances paper in a typewriter
- 12. Sound signaling end of a line on a mechanical typewriter
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