Talk:Japanese typewriter

There are numerous completely different "Japanese Typewriters"

Of which the type described in this article is just one of the earlier methods of mechanical typing used. Unfortunately, the Japanese article has now been updated to conform more to the English page for equivalence. The "next generation", which lasted until more late modern times kept the character/typesetting plate independent of the indicator stylus. for two reasons. 1> you could then change to a different font or character set, in theory. More importantly, the typesetting plate characters were more just the individual strokes used for the Kanji characters needed. This allowed the paper platten to stay in place, while you moved the character pointer about to build each character before moving on to the next space. 2> There were other later typewriters that were more align to western style that allowed to type the much simpler character sets of Hiragana or Katakana. Or much later with the Double shift and a Triple Ribbon that allowed one to do Hiragana, Katakana and even Western/Latin script, all at the same time. 3> A unique type from the early days had the characters on a cylinder where the carriage would be and the paper passed thru beneath. A very early method that allowed changeable type or placement of characters for maximum efficiency. Similar in style to old Linotype methods in the west. I have pictures, but it is not convenient to place these here. When I get time I will address this hopefully. But, Google the japanese characters [ 和文タイプライター ]and you'll see more clearly what I mentioned above. 80.5.219.60 (talk) 19:08, 27 May 2016 (UTC)