What with the heavy nature of the machines and the need to imprint through three layers of carbons, a strong stroke was needed on each key and a firm arm to whack the carriage return.
The modern return key is just a replacement for the satisfying swish of the carriage return lever.
This program can be set to automatically insert a hard carriage return when your text has reached 65 characters.
Not to mention all those glorious noises, the clang and clatter, the rhythmic ring of the carriage return.
Chadwick says: ‘With a typewriter you had the luxury of changing the paper and hitting the carriage return but with a computer your hands rarely move away from the keyboard.’
The carriage return is low, straight and unfussy so it can tuck inside.
Rather than formatting paragraphs, why not use carriage return repeatedly?
The court reporter taps on a manual typewriter - you can hear the separate sound when he presses the shift key for upper case letters, and when he slides the carriage return brrrrrrrrrrr along its track.
Definition of carriage return in US English:
carriage return
noun
another term for return (sense 5 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
Not to mention all those glorious noises, the clang and clatter, the rhythmic ring of the carriage return.
The modern return key is just a replacement for the satisfying swish of the carriage return lever.
What with the heavy nature of the machines and the need to imprint through three layers of carbons, a strong stroke was needed on each key and a firm arm to whack the carriage return.
The court reporter taps on a manual typewriter - you can hear the separate sound when he presses the shift key for upper case letters, and when he slides the carriage return brrrrrrrrrrr along its track.
The carriage return is low, straight and unfussy so it can tuck inside.
Rather than formatting paragraphs, why not use carriage return repeatedly?
Chadwick says: ‘With a typewriter you had the luxury of changing the paper and hitting the carriage return but with a computer your hands rarely move away from the keyboard.’
This program can be set to automatically insert a hard carriage return when your text has reached 65 characters.