[KS] 1926 Invention of Hangul Typewriter

[Timsanglee at aol.com]

Dear Dr. Yoo,
 
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: 
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. 
 
Yours,
 
Timothy S. Lee
Brite Divinity School
_t.lee at tcu.edu_ (mailto:t.lee at tcu.edu) 
 
 
In a message dated 2/3/2010 11:17:48 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
lovehankook at gmail.com writes:

Hello  Everyone,


Below is some interesting information telling us how  Korean fonts on your 
PC came into being as they are  known today:

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.

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.

In 1933 he entered an agreement with The  Underwood Typewriter Company in 
New York City, to manufacture  Song Ki-Ju - Underwood Typewriters.


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.  

Attached, please find a news article I copied from "Seventy Years'  
History, 1923-1993: 

The First Korean United Methodist Church of  Chicago". The First Korean 
United Methodist Church is the oldest Korean church  in Chicago.

Please note the Lord's Player in Hangul. He typed, right to  left, top to 
bottom. Apparently
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.

The church history  also notes that Song made the first 3d relief map of 
Korea while he  was
with the Rand McNally.

Sincerely,

Kwang-On  Yoo





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