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February 14, 2010
Typewriter manufacturers of Switzerland
February 13, 2010
Musil Typewriter
“Auf einer Underwood schrieb auch Robert Musil –, seinem Kollegen George Saiko und übernahm dafür dessen handliche Reiseschreibmaschine. Die beiden Romane “Der Mann imSchilf” (Saiko) und “Die Schlafwandler” (Broch) wurden solcherart auf derselben Maschine getippt.” (Evelyne Polt-Heinzl, “mit fingern zwei”: tick-tick-rrrr, http://www.wienerzeitung.at/Desktopdefault.aspx?
tabID=3946&alias=WZO&lexikon=Schreiben&letter=S&cob=189246, visited 11.2.2010)
February 5, 2010
Remington portable typewriter ads
I found those in the Argentinian monthly “Pampa Argentina”, several issues from around 1930.
On this one of the ads you can see interesting price information: around 1930, a Remington compact model would cost you 250 pesos, the tabulator model 275 pesos, and a Remie Scout 132,50 pesos.
November 22, 2009
Urania Piccola typewriter font
Download the Urania Piccola typewriter font for free!
From a Urania Piccola typewriter, serial 111007 (year of production 1933).
This is the first font I made and it didn’t come out perfectly. I still hope you enjoy it!
You can make your own fonts on www.fontcapture.com.
November 16, 2009
Die Speicherschreibmaschine
Die Speicherschreibmaschine – Traum jeder Sekretärin?
Quelle: Schweizer Fernsehen, MTW vom 8.12.1980
November 13, 2009
Sholes and QWERTY
A very nice depiction of the QWERTY keyboard layout in Sholes’ patent of 1878:
Unites States patent US207559 of 27.8.1878. Viewable at google patents.
