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It would depend on the age of the typewriter, even the US. Many early ones did not have dedicated keys for symbols, which were made as the parent describes: by
by garciansmith 2y ago
It would depend on the age of the typewriter, even the US. Many early ones did not have dedicated keys for symbols, which were made as the parent describes: by going back and typing another character over them (e.g., S backspace / to get a dollar sign).
- kragen 2y agoSure, I used one back in the 01980s where "!" was "'." with a backspace in between to overstrike them. And of course that's also what _, ^, `, etc., are for.