Comment on Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu (1978) [video]Comments−wejick4yTIL. The much older predecessor of qwertyuiop.−trasz4yI knew where "etaoin shrdlu" came from, but I never realized it was vertical, not horizontal.−well_actulilyOP4yIt'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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TIL. The much older predecessor of qwertyuiop.
I knew where "etaoin shrdlu" came from, but I never realized it was vertical, not horizontal.
It's kinda wild how alien the Linotype layout looks compared to a standard QWERTY keyboard, despite them being relatively contemporary with one another.