[HN Gopher] Old Bob's Old Typewriters
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       Old Bob's Old Typewriters
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2025-02-18 14:30 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (oldbobsoldtypewriters.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (oldbobsoldtypewriters.com)
        
       | tocs3 wrote:
       | Got a type written letter yesterday from an old friend. It has a
       | really different look than anything from modern printers (is
       | there a font that mimics manual typewriter with maybe old ribbon
       | type). My father would type my papers in high school on an old
       | manual typewriter. I was amazed at how fast he was.
       | 
       | The site looks well done and I think the Manuals and Repairs
       | section might come in handy.
        
         | dhosek wrote:
         | There are loads of old typewriter fonts. Just try googling
         | "typewriter font."
        
         | card_zero wrote:
         | GNUTypewriter is a realistic-looking one.
        
         | rvense wrote:
         | A while ago I wanted to make a poster for something with an
         | authentic "typewritten" look... unfortunately my 90's Nakajima
         | is much too hifi, and looks more like a bad computer font than
         | a typewriter. Shame, it's got that lovely clunk when you type
         | on it.
        
       | 101011 wrote:
       | Love this share, I just watched the 1955 vs 1957 Royal Quiet
       | Deluxe video. Learned a couple of fascinating things:
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       | 1. 1955 model did not have the number "1" or the "!" - as I
       | guessed, you can get the 1 with a lower-case L. But the
       | exclamation point stumped me - turns out you had to use
       | apostrophe, then backfeed a character, then use a period over the
       | same space to recreate the "!". 2. Different typewriters had
       | different typesets that could result in dramatically different
       | script lengths for writers. It forced one of the screenplay
       | writers of Star Trek to have to tighten up his script
       | substantially after they realized it was too long.
        
         | tylerflick wrote:
         | My Olympic 3000 uses the same key for 1 and l as well.
        
         | dhosek wrote:
         | The character set we got with the advent of computer keyboards
         | is the result of a lot of random selection since the creation
         | of the first keyboards (both the QWERTY typewriter but also the
         | ETAOIN Linotype keyboard and Monotype's keyboarding unit, not
         | to mention the earliest input keyboards based on piano keys).
        
       | josefritzishere wrote:
       | Not sure if any of you have typewriters but Tony Casillo is
       | closing up shop in April. He does have inventory ledt if you need
       | supplies https://www.typewritercollector.com/contact.htm
        
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