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that was to appear under the acute accent, producing an overstruck character. This second key moved the paper carriage forward.

Note that with mechanical keyboards, the acute accent can be followed by any character to create new combinations, such as q with an acute accent.

Electronic keyboards

A dead key is different from a typical modifier key (such as or ), in that rather than being pressed and held when another key is struck, the dead key is pressed and released before striking

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