Commonly known was that using an apostrophe, the back space key and a period would allow one to type an exclamation point on a typewriter. Less common were some of these additional special characters:

• Division (÷): colon and hyphen
• Pound Sterling (£): Hyphen and small f
• Equation (=): Hyphens turning the variable slightly (unlocking the platen and moving it up)
• Cedilla (ç): small c, backspace and comma
• Paragraph mark )( parentheses

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