one typist in the 21st century

Friday, December 18, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
A visit to W. F. Hermans' typewriters
Friday, December 11, 2015
New York, New York!
Patrick gives the Tippa a try at the Onegin Russian restaurant. (Here's his blog.)
Rob also takes it for a whirl. (His blogs.)
A few more beauty shots of the Tippa and the view from the porthole:
Underwood Building:
And here is the Lopate interview. They've titled the segment "Be prepared for 'no typewriter' signs in cafes," which I hope means that the cafes will apologize for not having typewriters available!
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
Remington Fleetwing
I thought readers might enjoy some shots of a machine I just cleaned up for sale at The Urban Legend Institute.
What a difference a few years make. What used to be a metal-clad, bulbous Quiet-Riter is now a plastic fantastic, angular '60s creation made in Holland—but the interior mechanism is the same, sturdy design.
This is the color known as Sapphire Blue, although the plastic has yellowed a bit.








Here's the user's manual.
What a difference a few years make. What used to be a metal-clad, bulbous Quiet-Riter is now a plastic fantastic, angular '60s creation made in Holland—but the interior mechanism is the same, sturdy design.
This is the color known as Sapphire Blue, although the plastic has yellowed a bit.

Here's the user's manual.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
“Typewriters and the art of self-sufficiency”
“It's possible to spend a fair length of time doing something intuitively, just because you can sense somehow that that thing is good and right and beneficial for you; then there is an added pleasure that can be gotten after someone else comes along and articulates — using clear language and beautifully reasoned arguments — what you had so far only felt on instinct.
This unexpected but entirely welcome articulation is what typewriter expert and philosophy professor Richard Polt's new book, "The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century," came along this fall and did for me and my roughly four-years-and-counting intuitive love of writing on typewriters.”
This lovely essay / book review by Kathleen Rooney of Poems While You Wait appears in today's Chicago Tribune.
PDF version here.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
VisOmatic Electrite font
I hadn't made a typewriter font for a while, so with an hour to spare last night, I did.
I don't think I've seen this typeface on another typewriter. Isn't that ampersand a beauty?
Download the font here.
Also available: VisOmatic, with more regular alignment.
You can make your own font, for free, at paintfont.com.
Also available: VisOmatic, with more regular alignment.
You can make your own font, for free, at paintfont.com.
Here's a closeup of the type.
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