Frontstroke

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a typewriter: having typebars that are arranged in an arc above the keyboard and swing upward to strike the front of the platen. not-comparable

    "The speedy, well-engineered Underwood was eventually so successful that within a couple of decades, the vast majority of typewriters followed its model: They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon."

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"The speedy, well-engineered Underwood was eventually so successful that within a couple of decades, the vast majority of typewriters followed its model: They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon."

Etymology

From front + stroke.

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