A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on See more

According to the standards taught in secretarial schools in the mid-20th century, a business letter was supposed to have no mistakes and no visible corrections.
Typewriter erasers
The traditional … See more

When Remington started marketing typewriters, the company assumed the machine would not be used for composing but for transcribing dictation, and that the person typing would be a woman. The 1800s Sholes and Glidden typewriter had floral … See more

In music
• Erik Satie's 1917 score for the ballet Parade includes a "Mach. à écrire" as a percussion … See more

Although many modern typewriters have one of several similar designs, their invention was incremental, developed by numerous inventors working independently or in … See more

Keyboard layouts
QWERTY
The 1874 Sholes & Glidden typewriters established the … See more

Early adopters
• Henry James dictated to a typist.
• Mark Twain claimed in his autobiography that he was the first important writer to present a publisher with a typewritten manuscript, for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). … See more