The phrase "Chinese typewriter" is an older joke in engineering referring to something extremely complicated, but this actually looks like a pretty simple concept. One button, one hammer. A clever arrangement with Japanese elegance.
@pault.903712 күн бұрын
ASMR??
@jcornscorndog94126 күн бұрын
Unironically the easiest way I’ve seen Japanese being typed.
@juliusorosz9092Ай бұрын
Love this video. I have a chance to buy one. Did you make the rubber pad? Is there any info about the rubber pad anywhere?
@amayacaiАй бұрын
it's beautiful but simply a nightmare that we had to keep doing like this until 80s.
@hammerandthewrench7924Ай бұрын
Bruh
@LynetteStinson-tc2iy2 ай бұрын
Love it 😁
@uuuk9562 ай бұрын
I think I'm turning Japanese
@user-tz2px4eo9c3 ай бұрын
I think that using a typewriter is better because the Chinese syllables are used directly instead of using Latin letters as pinyin.
@graecus333 ай бұрын
That font is quite nice.
@ELECTECHNUT3 ай бұрын
Awesome! 😎
@RebeccaLoran3 ай бұрын
Probably why everythink was written with paintbrushes lol
@brrryan29083 ай бұрын
I found one of these at a thrift/antique store about 5-10 years ago. The store owner had a price tag that was close to $1,000.00. She didn't sell things on ebay so I offered to list it and split the profits. We accepted the domestic bid for $8,300.00 We were both happy! :)
@TypewriterCollector3 ай бұрын
That’s a great sale. I sold mine for $15,000 years ago.
@nizamazhar40004 ай бұрын
My God, finally I found this video manual kanji typing writter
@Sacabambaspisss4 ай бұрын
세종대왕님 감사합니다
@mikeyjohnson58884 ай бұрын
Something about japanese product design really resonates with me. Things are ordered and formed in a way that to me is very organic, harmonious and clean. All the elements work together to form the total aesthetic. I find it all over the place across various products and even the things that make up the products themselves. Somehow too, written and spoken japanese also follow this philosophy. I really admire that.
@mustdie275 ай бұрын
Typewriter but in hard difficulty.
@aneash4825 ай бұрын
The Chinese writer Lin yutang once built a typewriter himself, the machine makes typing 90;000 Chinese characters possible, using a unique combinatory system. The inventor of the machine went bankrupt for building it, an American company named Carl E. Krum was commissioned to build the prototype, only finding out that no one was willing to finance the mass production of it because of the high manufacture cost. The prototype was lost when the author moved from one house to another. If only could rebuild the machine, it would be great to see an analog machine for type Chinese, the design was truly ingenious.
@Seawolf1596 ай бұрын
Can there even be that many kanji without okurigana in Japanese sentences?
@GunnarMcGriff7 ай бұрын
I wish I could see this in slow motion!
@Zygfryd19667 ай бұрын
Its a catastrofy
@denidni-zino7 ай бұрын
Wow 😮
@anthonyt2197 ай бұрын
How come Korean typewriter look and operate like american typewriters? Is Japanese writing that complicated? L
@crystalcastle55 ай бұрын
Korean alphabet is like English, letter = sound, Japanese and Chinese have characters, letter = word
@zekikozacioglu40338 ай бұрын
was it sold ?
@TypewriterCollector8 ай бұрын
It is still for sale on eBay.
@esser50k8 ай бұрын
seems a lot slower than other typwriters, or does the language have a trick to it?
@dadtype23399 ай бұрын
Reads: YOU ARE FIRED McFly !!!
@madzen1129 ай бұрын
There must be a story to Japanese typewriters, quite a challenge to create such a machine!
@CoreyChambersLA9 ай бұрын
The Toshiba Typewriter Model BW-2112 is a fascinating piece of technology, particularly notable for its capacity to type in multiple languages, including Japanese, Chinese, and English. Made in the late 1940s, this typewriter is distinctive due to its keyboard, which comprises over 1,000 characters. The operation of the BW-2112 is unique compared to modern typewriters or keyboards. Characters are selected by manually rotating a cylinder and moving it upwards. This action aligns the required character with an index indicator, facilitating its selection. Upon pressing the key of the printer, the type thread is pressed upwards from the cylinder to print the character on the paper. This design is a significant departure from the "Western-style" keyboard and represents an advanced stage in typewriter technology of that era, especially considering the multilingual capability and the large number of characters it could produce. This typewriter is an exceptional example of ingenuity in adapting the typewriter model to accommodate the complexities of languages with extensive character sets. twistedsifter.com/videos/rare-japanese-typewriter-by-toshiba/#:~:text=Check%20out%20this%20rare%20Japanese,made%20in%20the%20late%201940s
@NapaIm9 ай бұрын
imagine being the person making the font for this
@babychicken13119 ай бұрын
I think the typing experience on this one was painfully slow.
@gonnfishy29879 ай бұрын
Needs law stenographer redesign! 😅 jk.
@litoboy59 ай бұрын
Cool
@gregzambo66939 ай бұрын
Makes you appreciate only having 26 letters to type !
@Haileambesa9 ай бұрын
Someone have an idea how Ethiopian typewriter machines used to work? I have serious curiosity bit I don't find information 😅. By the way very interesting this japanese typewriter machine
@keuroe10 ай бұрын
어찌보면 중국어 타자기와 더 심하네...
@eyevenear10 ай бұрын
incredible.
@thethriftyfawn Жыл бұрын
A hybrid of a tablet and stylus, an IBM Selectric (without the electric lol), and a vintage manual typewriter! 😁 In all seriousness, WOW, so fascinating and so cool! Also, it's CUTE!!! I mean... Mignon!!! 😂
@HaganeSparkle Жыл бұрын
I had just remembered that ever since my grandmother taught me how to use a typewriter more than 20 years ago, I had a question about how a Japanese typewriter would work, and now thanks to KZread I know the answer.
@Colz_ Жыл бұрын
As a typewriter collector I didn't even know this existed but it makes complete sense seeing how the Japanese have a completely different language and the way they write it would need a completely different way of typing I guess I just assumed they use handwriting always
@LahmiB Жыл бұрын
This is beautiful.
@thethriftyfawn Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating!
@expond1263 Жыл бұрын
「活字を拾ってる」感じがするなぁ
@templeviewgate Жыл бұрын
Just to Huntdown the perfect alphabet itself is wonder, CHI, MI, ONH ...hey here CHI now where where is blessed MI ...oh here mi ...tap now ONH where is it buddy.
@Hypastpist Жыл бұрын
This is ingenious, a dude with no arms could even use this
@someonespadre Жыл бұрын
What’s the advantage over a typical typewriter? Maybe can you change the character cylinder?
@TypewriterCollector Жыл бұрын
The typeface cylinder and legend are both interchangeable.
@leohessels2149 Жыл бұрын
Yes....she is sweet...(or is it HE..? ) a beautiful machine !!!!
@leohessels2149 Жыл бұрын
I just bought the no. 3434 . Geetings from the Netherlands !!!
@TypewriterCollector Жыл бұрын
Congrats!
@leohessels2149 Жыл бұрын
@@TypewriterCollector The 3434 has a brown dial and also brown paper control knobs , and the writing angel....(i am a gramophone collector...) Greetings...leo
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How fast can a secretary write with this one
Where do I can’t one of those?
The phrase "Chinese typewriter" is an older joke in engineering referring to something extremely complicated, but this actually looks like a pretty simple concept. One button, one hammer. A clever arrangement with Japanese elegance.
ASMR??
Unironically the easiest way I’ve seen Japanese being typed.
Love this video. I have a chance to buy one. Did you make the rubber pad? Is there any info about the rubber pad anywhere?
it's beautiful but simply a nightmare that we had to keep doing like this until 80s.
Bruh
Love it 😁
I think I'm turning Japanese
I think that using a typewriter is better because the Chinese syllables are used directly instead of using Latin letters as pinyin.
That font is quite nice.
Awesome! 😎
Probably why everythink was written with paintbrushes lol
I found one of these at a thrift/antique store about 5-10 years ago. The store owner had a price tag that was close to $1,000.00. She didn't sell things on ebay so I offered to list it and split the profits. We accepted the domestic bid for $8,300.00 We were both happy! :)
That’s a great sale. I sold mine for $15,000 years ago.
My God, finally I found this video manual kanji typing writter
세종대왕님 감사합니다
Something about japanese product design really resonates with me. Things are ordered and formed in a way that to me is very organic, harmonious and clean. All the elements work together to form the total aesthetic. I find it all over the place across various products and even the things that make up the products themselves. Somehow too, written and spoken japanese also follow this philosophy. I really admire that.
Typewriter but in hard difficulty.
The Chinese writer Lin yutang once built a typewriter himself, the machine makes typing 90;000 Chinese characters possible, using a unique combinatory system. The inventor of the machine went bankrupt for building it, an American company named Carl E. Krum was commissioned to build the prototype, only finding out that no one was willing to finance the mass production of it because of the high manufacture cost. The prototype was lost when the author moved from one house to another. If only could rebuild the machine, it would be great to see an analog machine for type Chinese, the design was truly ingenious.
Can there even be that many kanji without okurigana in Japanese sentences?
I wish I could see this in slow motion!
Its a catastrofy
Wow 😮
How come Korean typewriter look and operate like american typewriters? Is Japanese writing that complicated? L
Korean alphabet is like English, letter = sound, Japanese and Chinese have characters, letter = word
was it sold ?
It is still for sale on eBay.
seems a lot slower than other typwriters, or does the language have a trick to it?
Reads: YOU ARE FIRED McFly !!!
There must be a story to Japanese typewriters, quite a challenge to create such a machine!
The Toshiba Typewriter Model BW-2112 is a fascinating piece of technology, particularly notable for its capacity to type in multiple languages, including Japanese, Chinese, and English. Made in the late 1940s, this typewriter is distinctive due to its keyboard, which comprises over 1,000 characters. The operation of the BW-2112 is unique compared to modern typewriters or keyboards. Characters are selected by manually rotating a cylinder and moving it upwards. This action aligns the required character with an index indicator, facilitating its selection. Upon pressing the key of the printer, the type thread is pressed upwards from the cylinder to print the character on the paper. This design is a significant departure from the "Western-style" keyboard and represents an advanced stage in typewriter technology of that era, especially considering the multilingual capability and the large number of characters it could produce. This typewriter is an exceptional example of ingenuity in adapting the typewriter model to accommodate the complexities of languages with extensive character sets. twistedsifter.com/videos/rare-japanese-typewriter-by-toshiba/#:~:text=Check%20out%20this%20rare%20Japanese,made%20in%20the%20late%201940s
imagine being the person making the font for this
I think the typing experience on this one was painfully slow.
Needs law stenographer redesign! 😅 jk.
Cool
Makes you appreciate only having 26 letters to type !
Someone have an idea how Ethiopian typewriter machines used to work? I have serious curiosity bit I don't find information 😅. By the way very interesting this japanese typewriter machine
어찌보면 중국어 타자기와 더 심하네...
incredible.
A hybrid of a tablet and stylus, an IBM Selectric (without the electric lol), and a vintage manual typewriter! 😁 In all seriousness, WOW, so fascinating and so cool! Also, it's CUTE!!! I mean... Mignon!!! 😂
I had just remembered that ever since my grandmother taught me how to use a typewriter more than 20 years ago, I had a question about how a Japanese typewriter would work, and now thanks to KZread I know the answer.
As a typewriter collector I didn't even know this existed but it makes complete sense seeing how the Japanese have a completely different language and the way they write it would need a completely different way of typing I guess I just assumed they use handwriting always
This is beautiful.
Absolutely fascinating!
「活字を拾ってる」感じがするなぁ
Just to Huntdown the perfect alphabet itself is wonder, CHI, MI, ONH ...hey here CHI now where where is blessed MI ...oh here mi ...tap now ONH where is it buddy.
This is ingenious, a dude with no arms could even use this
What’s the advantage over a typical typewriter? Maybe can you change the character cylinder?
The typeface cylinder and legend are both interchangeable.
Yes....she is sweet...(or is it HE..? ) a beautiful machine !!!!
I just bought the no. 3434 . Geetings from the Netherlands !!!
Congrats!
@@TypewriterCollector The 3434 has a brown dial and also brown paper control knobs , and the writing angel....(i am a gramophone collector...) Greetings...leo
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