How did Selectric typewriters associate keyboards with changed globes? Were there charts or what?

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How did Selectric typewriters associate keyboards with changed globes? Were there charts or what?

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The globes would always have the same letters in the same place, but with different fonts. So when you pressed A on the keyboard, the same particular region of a globe, any globe, would be pressed against the ribbon and paper.