Originally published at: The best Typewriter blog | Boing Boing
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Still using the old Royal, circa 1940’s, wisely I have a huge carton of ribbons for it. I snail mail a letter or two a month, it’s a very relaxing old timey thing to do.
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Just like Joe Strummer, he composed his lyrics on a typewriter?
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I love old typewriters. Not for typing on. Sure, I learned to type on one way back in 7th grade, in the olden days before everyone had computers in their pockets, or even on their desks. Owned a few before I finally got my first computers. Then, a few years ago, my wife bought me a solid old Corona for Christmas, which I do love. But I can’t type on them worth a damn now. The key spacing is very different than a computer keyboard, and it takes far harder work to get a solid strike. I ended up opting for stepping back halfway and getting a nice mechanical keyboard. Not as hard to type with, but satisfies my need for clickety clacking.
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One of the cool conceits of “Max Headroom” was that the computers had old-style typewriter keyboards. Here’s the beauteous Amanda Pays using one in the best pic I could find.
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The California Typewriter documentary is better then it probably should be. Tom Hanks nerding out on typewriters is fun, John Mayer, not as much, but it’s a pleasant watch.
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This is neat!
Especially the bit on typewriter tables.
(What I’m looking for are plans for rolltop desks.)
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I think I just blacked out.
BoingBoing enters the typosphere…
Unencumbered by the attention economy vying for my mind tank and bank, I can live in a fantasy world embodying my aspirations of becoming a screenwriter using my Swissa Piccola. Everything feels so official in typewritten print. Will never go back to a word processor until long after I’ve written the first two or three drafts, stream of consciousness style, unedited until I transcribe it to Final Draft format.
Someone brought to my attention that I could even scan the pages and have Adobe recognize the text to speed things along.
Yeah I just blacked out again.
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Archibald Buttle? Or Archibald Tuttle?
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Is that typewriter on the post Hemingway’s?
Looked it up. Doesn’t seem to be. He did use an Underwood at some point (he apparently wore out a lot of typewriters), but not this model.
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Ah, I was just reading a comic that include a character who had artifacts of historical significance, and had Hemingway’s typewriter that was pictured as an Underwood. And I was like, “Well, THAT would be quite a coincidence.”
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I have a few, all portable.
But I really want the
wonderful IBM Selectric.
If only they made a portable.
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