Thanks a bunch, wow! I never did quite understand that very well. And words like, linotype and typesetter sat in some dark, cobwebby recess of my brain till I read your post. Went to your link (the author writes it as 'eatoin'; likely a spelling error), and then googled, to find this marvellously informative page. Do read on...

http://pages.prodigy.net/jabeckpearce/poor_town/tales/etaoinshrdlu.htm
And no, your link didn't send my page wide. I hope this doesn't. That snurl thing simply doesn't work for me