I’ve been hearing a lot about the long-lost Mingkwai typewriter, but most of what I had seen was written by people who had no understanding of Chinese writing, so none could explain how the damned thing worked. Julesy explains it in great detail, and now I finally see what a marvel Lin Yutang’s invention truly was. Wow. This was such a huge improvement over the unweildy typewriters that were used in the Sinosphere, including Japan, until the advent of the word processor.
https://youtu.be/riZ5hZUOlk8?si=r1fSngQiPesXR8v9
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