[Interesting Times]

I could see where Kerning would be impossible with an IBM Selectric, the one with the ball, but with the type writers with the hammers that struck each individual letter, it would depend on the speed of the typist. I would think that the hammers would slam close together if someone could type 120 words a minute, overriding the movement of the carriage.

It doesn't work that way.

[CanaGuy]

Agreed. The hammers only have one place to go....and one at a time.

Personally, back in Typing Class in 1962, I was one of three "ham-fisted" males in a class of 50 girls, and was constantly flirting with "key jams" when I got too far beyond my natural ceiling of about 60 CWAM (Correct Words A Minute). Of course, the three of us were flirting in other areas too, as I recall.