Cyrillic keyboards

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Deborah Hoffman wrote:

> Ok, I'll bite.  What is a linotype keyboard?  We have these large
> Victorian-era metal type producing linotype machines with keyboards
> in the front.  They used to set type for a printing business.  Do you
> mean to say somebody is actually still producing something based on
> them in 2005?

No, it's one of those things that has taken on a life of its own and
persisted after the source technology became obsolete. Compare the fake
Latin text "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." used as a placeholder in
desktop publishing ("greek text").

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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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