I recently learned that old typewriters didn’t have a “1” key. I thought my olevetti was broken but turns out the lowercase “L” is used for the number one. Not

I recently learned that old typewriters didn’t have a “1” key. I thought my olevetti was broken but turns out the lowercase “L” is used for the number one. Not implying that it’s ok, but maybe those original decisions inherited some of that history, even if not relevant, since it was based on mechanical limitations, to reduce the required number of typebar arms.