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Quirky Qwerty (Paperback)

by Torbjorn Lundmark (Author)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing amount of information in such a small book, Jan 14 2004
By Bruce R. Gilson (Wheaton, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quirky Qwerty: The Story of the Keyboard @ Your Fingertips (Paperback)
This book manages to include, in one little package, material about the history of the letters of the alphabet, the history of the typewriter and its odd keyboard arrangement (as well as other proposed keyboards), the computer codings for various characters, and more. How the author managed such a great information density without becoming unreadable amazes me.

If you have _any_ curiosity about our alphabet, typewriters, or anything related to these, you should read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Informative...Terrific!, May 12 2002
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This review is from: Quirky Qwerty: The Story of the Keyboard @ Your Fingertips (Paperback)
The gentleman below wrote an excellent review of this book, which I heartily second--it's well-written but an easy read, fun, and it's taught me *loads* of stuff about characters and symbols on the keyboard I never even thought of! I can't wait to employ some of the new stuff in this book in my e-mails. This book's a read must-read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Looking for W, Go to F, April 18 2002
By Adam Kallish (Oak Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quirky Qwerty: The Story of the Keyboard @ Your Fingertips (Paperback)
And you thought that the alphabet is only 26 simple letters. Torbjorn Lundmark, a true hybrid Swede living in Australia with a background in lingustics, and is also an illustrator and cartoonist has taken a well trodden road and made it accessible. Over 170 pages, he deconstructs the development of the typewriter (which may sound dull, but is quite interesting) and reviews not only the 26 letters, but all the supporting punctuation. The history of each letter and where it was born, stolen and reintegrated (usually after some modifications) are little mini odyssey's. The @ symbol was almost extinct until Ray Tomlinson used it to link names to server addresses. There is a very extensive reference section for more exploration. I would highly recommend this book for experienced designers and novices alike.
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