Switching to the Azerty keyboard can be slightly mind-blowing for new arrivals in France. Photo by Ralf Hirschberger / AFP Few can forget their first encounter with a French AZERTY keyboard, which can ...

THERE are a number of different ways to type accented French characters on a qwerty keyboard but a practical one is to use the “US International” keyboard layout - available on all computers using ...

The latest campaign to protect the French language isn’t being waged over anglicisms like “hashtag” or “selfie,” but the design of a keyboard. This week, the French government announced a plan to ...

For roughly a century, France has been using the alternative AZERTY keyboard layout on typewriters and computers. But it doesn’t help people type in French easily, and the country has had enough.

When I first encountered a French AZERTY keyboard as an ex-pat, I thought "this isn't so bad." The letter layout is similar to QWERTY, so I reckoned that typing in français would be a snap. I soon ...