=?iso-8859-1?B?4Yuz4YqV4Yqk4YiNIOGLq+GLleGJhuGJpQ==?= scripsit:

>
> Well of course not, but this article on the demise of thorn:
>
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/12/31017/737
>
> highlights the importance of character inclusion in technology
> advances. I didn't realize the issue went back this far, I imagine
> the advent of the typewriter must have had a similar impact in places.

It was almost certainly the typewriter, with its very limited keyspace
and its single shift level, that accounted for the temporary abandonment
of accented capital letters in hexagonal French.

BTW, the comment by digitalmedievalist is quite correct.

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