Why Are The Keys On A Typewriter Arranged That Way?

The modern typewriter is a complicated piece of machinery. Development to its present form took many years, and many people contributed to it. Inventors had been thinking about the machine for writing since early in the 18th century. But it was not until 1867 that the first practical model was built by Christopher Sholes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Shole's machine was called the type writer. People did not seem too interested in type writing at first. The popularity of type writers began to grow however in the early 1880's. the changes and improvements kept being introduced all the time.

The order of the key arrangement remained the same during all the amendments and improvements made in the typewriter which was used for the first time and it is still the same today. Many believe that this universal key board is arranged in such a scientific manner that it made the typewriting so easy. The letters which occur together most often are placed as such that the fingers of the operator reach them successively in the most natural way.

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To add to what Mr. Or ms. Volitant coment:
The brain see things different then what our eyes sees. Scientific research found that the keys arranged the way they are are best for the fastest learning\typing experience.
There are 2 two types of typewriter arrangement in use today.

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