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<DIV>Dear Dr. Yoo,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for sharing the fascinating story about Mr. Song Ki-Ju and
his Korean typewriter. You alluded that the information about Mr. Song came
from an article on the "Seventy Years' History, 1923-1993: <BR>The First Korean
United Methodist Church of Chicago". As a historian of Christianity, I would
love to get a hold of this article. I would be grateful if you could show
me how I might do that. </DIV>
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<DIV>Yours,</DIV>
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<DIV>Timothy S. Lee</DIV>
<DIV>Brite Divinity School</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:t.lee@tcu.edu">t.lee@tcu.edu</A></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/3/2010 11:17:48 P.M. Central Standard Time,
lovehankook@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hello
Everyone,<BR><BR><BR>Below is some interesting information telling us how
Korean fonts on your PC came into being as they are
known today:<BR><BR>Mr. Song, Ki-Ju (Keith C. Song), after graduating
Yunhee College (now Yonsei University) in Seoul, at age of 25, came to the
U.S. in 1925. He received his B.A. from Texas State University the next
year.<BR><BR>In 1926 he was employed by Chicago mapmakers, Rand McNally &
Company. While there he invented the Hangul Key Board by arranging 42 keys on
an Underwood typewriter.<BR><BR>In 1933 he entered an agreement with The
Underwood Typewriter Company in New York City, to manufacture
Song Ki-Ju - Underwood Typewriters.<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dr. Kong, Byung-Woo(ophthalmologist) had tried to buy out
Song's invention without success, but upon Mr. Song's abduction to North Korea
during the Korean War, Dr. Kong took upon Song's method thus became the Korean
fonts you know today.
<DIV><BR>Attached, please find a news article I copied from "Seventy Years'
History, 1923-1993: <BR></DIV>The First Korean United Methodist Church of
Chicago". The First Korean United Methodist Church is the oldest Korean church
in Chicago.<BR><BR>Please note the Lord's Player in Hangul. He typed, right to
left, top to bottom. Apparently<BR>he was not only a great inventor but
also an excellent typist. I have never tried but it would probably take me a
couple days to type as he did.<BR><BR>The church history
also notes that Song made the first 3d relief map of Korea while he
was<BR>with the Rand McNally.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Kwang-On
Yoo<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>