Indeed, the later 1620-2 was equipped with a Selectric, which probably has something to do with the fact that the ж-like character was replaced on that model by the “pillow” character (which doesn’t seem to be available in Unicode at all).
> On Sep 27, 2017, at 1:02 PM, Asmus Freytag via Unicode <unicode@unicode.org> > wrote: > > On 9/27/2017 9:32 AM, Ken Whistler via Unicode wrote: >> The only font on that machine can be found by feeling the key strikers in >> the typewriter. > In that context it's worth remembering that there while you could say for > most typewriters that "the typewriter is the font", there were noted > exceptions. The IBM Selectric, for example, had exchangeable type balls which > allowed both a font and / or encoding change. (Encoding understood here as > association of character to key). > > That technology was then only two years in the future. > > Other typewriters used interchangeable type wheels for the same purpose, but > I believe that generally came later. > > A./ -- John W Kennedy "Harriet thanked Heaven, with grim amusement, for the scholarly habit; at least, one did not have to argue about what was or was not evidence." -- Dorothy L. Sayers: "Gaudy Night"
