#octothorp

[a-typewritten-blog]

Hi, I've just seen a Princess 300 on sale with a # key (under the 1) but all the other Princess 300s I've seen don't have them. In fact, none of my seventeen typers have the # key. Do you know of any late (50s/60s/70s) US/UK keyboards that had it? Thanks in advance.

I did a bunch of looking around to see what that corner of the keyboard of a Keller und Knappich 'Princess 300' looked like and... they did a bunch of specialization indeed! Pictures and #babble below the cut.

British layout, section over 1

British layout, astericks over 1 -- and seven eighths-fractions keys at right, with percent to round out the four keys?!

German layout, semicolon over 1

Swedish layout, no 1... it's plus over equals, with pound sterling over percentage where the +/= would normally be located

Standard American layout, bang over 1 and # over 3

Ahh, here we go, I found your sighting! (And someone on Typewriter Database who has one.) American layout other than that one detail... # over 1 does exist!

It's only the American layout Princess 300s that contain it, true; I figured they'd be on the British ones too but nope.

Okay, so you asked about the commonness of the octothorp. I think it's a standard in American layouts, I've always assumed it was there, so I'm kinda surprised you have none out of seventeen with the key. Here, I'll make a montage of six different brands of machines that I have onhand:

[Woodstock, Smith-Corona, Royal; 1920s Remington, 1960s Remington, Brother; 1919 Oliver #9] Yup, they all have # keys.

[splatoonus]

The Splatoon 2 Global Testfire  starts tomorrow at Noon PT.

To help prepare test subjects, we’ve created these controls & weapon overviews:

Research can be conducted with either a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller or Joy-Con controllers. Or even on-the-go in handheld mode (assuming you have a strong wireless Internet  connection).

Also, don’t forget that an important step in the scientific method is to make observations. We recommend capturing your findings with the Capture button on the Joy-Con or Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, then later sharing it with your peers in the scientific community. When publishing your research, use the octothorp symbol (#) followed by “Splatoon2” or “Testfire.”

Good luck to all  participants!

[speakercosplays]

octothorp punctuation day <3

[keystonewarrior]

pound hashtag

[v0gons]

Fun fact:

The technical term for hashtag is octothorp.

You’re welcome

[ijsrd]

What's a #hashtag without an #octothorp #ijsrd

[knellershappycampertattoo-blog]

It looks like a ghost robot is giving me the finger. #futuramagame #octothorp

[knellershappycampertattoo-blog]

Watching "What We Do In The Shadows" on netflix. #chillaxing #newzeland #movies #octothorp