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Don Hill: Let the fingers do the typing - Seymour Tribune

As I sit here typing away, I started wondering why the keyboard is arranged the way it is. I’m talking about the QWERTY system developed by the Remington company in 1873. I always thought it was related to the movement of the fingers. Since I worked with setting type in the letterpress method, I knew the type case was arranged so the typesetter needed less movement of the hands and letters were arranged in placement of their usage. Well, if any …