1937 in Portugal

thumb|HCESAR typewriter thumb|HCESAR keyboard layout HCESAR () is a Portuguese typewriter keyboard layout that takes its name from the first six letters on the first row of alphabetical keys: . Created by decree of the Estado Novo regime on July 17, 1937, the layout placed the most frequently used keys in Portuguese in the center of the layout. The keys for vowels are positioned according to an inverted vowel diagram.