The Linotype (1886) was one of the main printing techniques of the 20th century. With this machine, it was possible to produce metal lines to print, instead of doing it letter-by-letter. It didn’t use a qwerty keyboard, and there was no shift key. The keyboard was organized according to the popularity of the characters.
There is a movie about this machine, and there’s some clips from it here.
Dial telegraphy – yet another 19th century freshness. When you move the needle, the movements are sent wirelessly to the recipient, and reproduces the same movement.There is an online version and also check the releated mystery machine Spiritoscope.
A more stylish interface for Morse Code: printing telegraphs! Each key represents a letter, and there is a shift key for capitalization.
This is Hughes telegraph (1866), which was the first telegraph that printed text on paper. Printing telegraphs were available earlier than that, often used for the stock market. Don’t fight the tape!
Cross stitch is so text mode! This program is called CompuStitch.
pxl is an app by Rainier Kohlberger from 2012 that converts photos to textmodey graphics, trixels, and other modes. More screens here.
