A crossword exploring archaic typing errors, historic keyboard blunders, and obsolete input mishaps from the early days of typing.
Vanishing Typos of Vintage Keyboards
A crossword exploring once-common typing errors from outdated typing tools and old keyboard quirks.
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Across
- 1. Typographical style sometimes confused in older typing systems
- 2. Error resulting from striking space twice after a period
- 3. Key used to erase mistakes, less forgiving on old machines
- 7. Individual press of a key, source of many early errors
- 8. European keyboard layout prone to certain regional typos
- 11. A mistake commonly made when typing quickly
- 12. Ink source in typewriters that faded and caused unclear letters
- 14. Roller part of a typewriter that could shift, causing errors
Down
- 4. Symbol or character shape, misprinted due to typing errors
- 5. Old typewriter action sometimes causing spacing errors
- 6. Typing error from typing one character atop another
- 9. Standard keyboard layout often involved in early typing mistakes
- 10. Precursor to modern caps lock, could cause locked uppercase errors
- 13. Part of a typewriter that could cause misprints if stuck
- 15. Pre-set locations to align text causing spacing problems
- 16. Paper feeding error causing jumbled or incomplete text
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