Sheet music typewriter.
Moby Duck (Feb 19, 2017)
At least there is only a fairly limited set of symbols for writing music. Consider the situation for ideographic writing. Yes, in the days before computers and word processors the Chinese had mechanical typewriters.
Here's a verbal description of how one works...
https://www.wired.com/2009/02/how-it-works-ch/
and here's a video of one in use...
Japanese typewriters are very similar and operate in a like manner.
OK, now for a mental exercise, puzzle out how you would arrange a Japanese dictionary so you could look up the meaning of an ideogram you saw on a sign.
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Regards, Marv
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Moby Duck (Feb 19, 2017)
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