First Type Machine

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A typewriter or typewriter is a machine, or an electronic device with a set of buttons that, when pressed, cause the letters to be printed on a document, usually paper. From the beginning of its invention before 1870 to the 20th century, typewriters were widely used by professional writers and office workers. Since then, typewriters have become part of the company's business and become commercial products around the world. Although still popular with some professions, like the author, the typewriter has been distracted by the presence of other machines. In the late 1980s, word processing machines and personal computers have replaced typewriter function in some countries in the western world.

Modern typewriters are the development of typewriters that were originally created simply and gradually. The invention of this technology involves inventors who work independently, both individually and in groups, which has led to competition between inventors for decades.

The invention of the typewriter began in 1714, when Henry Mill acquired a patent for creating a machine that resembled a typewriter. In addition, there is also the discovery of carbon paper by Pellegrino Turri which is one of the forerunner of the typewriter component. In 1829, William Justin Burt invented a machine called "typowriter", known as the first typewriter. However, this machine worked longer than writing by hand, so Burt could not find a buyer or a company that wanted to buy the patent. This causes the machine can not be produced for commercial purposes. This typewriter is used by rotation, not the buttons for selecting characters, so it is called "index typewriter" instead of "keyboard typewriter".

The "qwerty" layout on the keyboard has become standardized and is still in use today. In 1874, Sholes and Glidden created a typewriter with a "qwerty" keyboard layout. This layout has become standard in English typewriters and computer keyboard. Type "qwerty" adjusted in some other countries, such as "qzerty" in Italy, "azerty" in France, and "qwertz" in Germany. This layout is considered less efficient because it slows down the scribe in typing. However, this kind of layout can reduce the typebar frequencies that block and jam on the machine.

Then came a number of proposals about a radical layout, such as "Dvorak", but nothing could replace "qwerty". The "Blickebsderfer" typewriter with the "Dhiatensor" layout has the possibility of being the first attempt to optimize typewriter layout for efficiency gains.