There's some interesting ascii art sprinkled throughout that book, for instance
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Interesting that he teaches putting fingers on the top row, not the home row.<p>I'd also never heard that the ring finger, "anatomically considered, is different from the others" and that pianists had elective surgery ("double tenotomy") "to free the finger from the impediment to action". Anyone know more about that?
Somewhat after this, probably about 1915, my grandfather learned to type. My father said that he was quite quick, but typed with three fingers. Did he learn that way, or was it his own quirk? I can't say.
there is an interesting a strategy on page 23 where they suggest shifting the entire hand when typing TGB/YHN rather than stretching. Does anyone do that today?<p>I just tried a bit of typing where I shift the entire hand for appropiate keys rather than stretching my fingers and although it is a very unusual feeling I must admit it is quite a bit more comfortable. The fingers stay curled rather than being stretched out. Did I just get an epiphany from typewriting tutorial written in 1894??
On page 29 the author says that you should use three spaces after a full stop, 'for the customary space between sentences'. I wonder if number of spaces was as contentious then as it is now?
page 13<p>> <i>and brain and heart throb with sympathetic zeal when fingers begin their saltatory movements</i><p>Rings true to this day with the joy of using my mechanical keyboard. Nothing like tactile and sensory feedback.