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26 Oct 2007, 4:43 am

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OK, so it's two words, but I just had to say them. The next is cmfwyp. I forget the order of the fourth column and which two were left to the fifth.

It's the key layout used on old Linotype typesetting machines. The order is pure frequency order. The keys are connected directly to the gates that release the little brass moulds from the font trays. The choice of frequency order minimises the time taken to recycle the moulds back into their trays.

I used to work one when I was at school. Great fun with the pot of molten lead squirting at you.

PS. The forth column is in fact VBGKQJ and XZ starts the fifth.


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