1930s typewriter

[WhiteBeard]

I recently acquired a 1936 Remington Rand Model 1 portable typewriter.
Since I plan to write in Swedish, I got one with a Swedish keyboard.

However, I'm confused.

The keyboard has all the characters I need, except for the exclamation mark.
On my old typewriter, all I had to do was type an apostrophe, go back a step and type a period beneath it. Easy peasy.

But now it appears this keyboard doesn't even have a straight apostrophe.

So how is one supposed to write an exclamation mark?

I realize this might a shot in the dark, this being a Swedish typewriter and all, but thought it would be worth a try to see if anybody might have any ideas.

Thanks!
Nat

 

[Stanley Doble]

I have no idea. Maybe the Remington people didn't think Swedes got excited.

 

[Talbot]

How does a period under a bracket look?

 

[LizzieMaine]

What does a typed Swedish exclamation mark look like?

 

[WhiteBeard]

What does a typed Swedish exclamation mark look like?

It looks exactly like the English one, nothing special there ("!").

Closest I've come is type a punctuation mark, step back, move the paper down a tiny bit and type "1" on top. Kinda looks almost like a "!", but still definitely has a weird look to it.

 

[Shangas]

I have no idea. Maybe the Remington people didn't think Swedes got excited.

LOL!!

I was going to suggest brackets with a full-stop underneath. But I know what that looks like on MY typewriter and I don't think it'll work...

It was always ' + . I'm stumped!

 

[The Reno Kid]

Perhaps the best solution is just to remain calm! (sorry...)

 

[Shangas]

Keep Calm and Carry On?

 

[Stanley Doble]

How about a ' with a . underneath?

(apostrophe) (period)

 

[Shangas]

The typewriter shown doesn't allow for that. Although that is how you would usually do it.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Kidding aside, I wonder if a typewriter repair man could change one of the keys. My keyboard has a 1 and !. If you had one of those you would lose your +.