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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
natematias@social.coop ("J. Nathan Matias 🦣") wrote:
"The original typewriters were designed for the Latin alphabet. Conceived with little regard for the non-Western world, the technology’s proliferation served Western hegemony."
"Languages with non-Latin alphabets were forced to contort and comply with the alien instrument. The Chinese script, unreachable with an alphabetic keyboard, was castigated as incompatible with modernity"
Amazing story about a unique typewriter thought lost & its place in cultural history.