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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Royal Executive: typeface and font





If you ever see a typewriter with a key like this, you've got something special.



Here's an ad posted by Peter S. on Facebook. The exact phrase is "overcomes objections to the more usual faces."






13 comments:

  1. Wow! I'm limiting my collection to unique typefaces these days.

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  2. Amazing old gal, Thanks for the TTF :D

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  3. Thank you, Richard! Great finding!

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  4. Great find! I like the typeface! First one of these I've seen.

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  5. Thanks for sharing this machine! I know some think it might be a bit homely, but the HH has a certain handsomeness to me (the eye of the beholder)! Let me know when it's up for auction - I'd love to bid on it!!

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    1. Thanks. I'll be selling it locally in Cincinnati, though.

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  6. Reminds me why I bought a Mac in the late 80s. Font choices that overcome objections!

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  7. Sherry cans a lot in late summer and early fall. My Executive HH make great canning labels. Vintage typestyle looks great on those jars!

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  8. I just discovered a Montgomery Ward (Brother) Signature 510 with Executive typeface! how cool is that? :)

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    1. I recently saw a Montgomery Ward Signature machine with it too. I just bought a 1966 Royal Safari with Executive. It's a fun typeface, and it's also silly. I type business correspondence with typewriters, and I won't be sending letters to clients with Executive typeface!

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