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		wejick on May 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu (1978) [video] TIL. The much older predecessor of qwertyuiop.

trasz on May 9, 2022 [–]

I knew where "etaoin shrdlu" came from, but I never realized it was vertical, not horizontal.

well_actulily on May 9, 2022 | [–]

It's kinda wild how alien the Linotype layout looks compared to a standard QWERTY keyboard, despite them being relatively contemporary with one another.

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