That’s right, there’s just over a week left until the new year, and the Typewriter Hunters are about to smash through our goal of 1000 typewriter galleries like a football team through a Gatorade banner – probably before Santa saddles up Rudolph for his annual reverse burglary run. Just 7 more to go! In examining […]
Category: From the Desk of Reverend Munk
Typecasts from the desk of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk
977 Typewriter Galleries in, only 23 more to reach 1000!
I just imported 50 records from Michael H’s personal collection database, so we are now at 977 galleries. The race is on for #1000! I was bothered by having the whole front page all be photo-less entries, though, so I changed the query that populates the front page so that it only shows galleries that […]
Shooting Studio, The Typosphere Strikes again, and other thoughts for the new year.
For the new year, I am planning on adding a few data fields to the Typewriter Database: 1) Price Paid (USD) 2) Year Purchased This data will be compiled, but not shown on the individual typewriter galleries. Instead, once there is a sufficient number of data points in there, I am pondering running generalized […]
1968 Olivetti Studio 45 needs ribbon cover!
UJTU: More weirdly developed vintage film, and another stroll down memory lane, PLUS: The Green Hornet!
A Stroll Down Memory Lane: 1989
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
My Selectric Element Collection
Well, someone asked, so here’s all of the typeballs in my little plastic font box:
The Red Ryder Rides Again, and The Holiday Case, by Smith-Corona…
Typewriter Database Report: Some Questions Answered, and a Challenge.
Here’s a challenge: We’re at 874 Typewriter Galleries entered right now. Who thinks we can get to 1000 galleries entered by the official 1-year anniversary of the new Database on January 1?
Fun with a 135mm and macro tubes
Oh Good Lord – Starting down the 35mm Film Path…
Typewriter Database Report: 696 Maunufacturers, 844 Typewriter Galleries, 383 Typewriter Typefaces and 67 Typewriter Hunters!
Right now, I’m still the highest-scoring hunter due to the photo and typesample-rich entries I’ve done, but Nick Beland is hot on my heels and I’m down to just one more typewriter to enter. I sense I will be toppled from the throne soon, now that there actually is a page that counts the scores. […]
Whispers and Schemes: Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up 5
The Original Trav-L-Bar by Ever-Wear, Chicago
2013 11 25
1951 Royal Quiet De Luxe finds a home in The Press Room
Replace the carriage string in your 1950’s Smith-Corona Silent!
Well, someone asked, so I mocked up the process in step-by-step photos. Enjoy! Smith-Corona Super-5 Series Repair Manual for Sterling, Silent, Clipper, Super-Silent Floating Shift typewriters.
More Selectrics, a Curious Olivetti, An Ursula and a mini typewriter hunt with Key Snap!
The Typewriter Database Report: 11-15-2013
oz.Typewriter: Rarity and Desirability of Typewriters
I Have a Dream!
Selectric Typehunt II – The Quickening
Selectric Typehunt on Ebay – Forms 1 striken from the wantlist! (Calligraphy 96 sighted)
27 High-res Typesamples from ProfessorC’s extensive collection of Selectric Type Elements
Fellow collector and Selectric enthusiast ProfessorC volunteered to type out samples of a number of GP and IBM type elements on his carbon-ribbon Selectrics and scan them in at high-resolution. Many of these are not shown with type samples in the GP/DSC catalogs, so now we know what these fonts look like. The versions I’m […]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you!
Selectric Model 72 Ribbon Tips, Plus A Lettera Makeover!
GP Hendrix Gothic Selectric Type Element (red cap, 10/12 pitch)
Oh, I actually looked it up in the DSG Catalog, and that particular characterset is French Canadian.
DSG IBM Selectric Type Element Catalog – Type Styles
I would guess that DSG is what GP turned into later in it’s history, as this is an updated catalog, newer than the one I just posted. This comes from the collection of Bill Wahl at MTE. Note that I have now collected all of the Typewriter Typestyles posts into one category: Typewriter Typestyles/Fonts
GP IBM Selectric Typeball Catalog – Font Styles
I can’t remember where I got this – probably from the Golfball Typewriter Yahoo group, which is a great resource for finding out about the rich and interesting world of Selectrics. Note that my GP “Calligraphy” ball is listed in this catalog, and there’s a few others I’ll be looking for now too: Headline, Contempo, […]
UJTU: Calligraphy Typeball fer der blogification & Nano Holding OK
The Blue Bomber Rides Again, Nano procrastination, Spray Paint and weird Type Balls
Nano begins with doubts, and a shiny new stripey Speedline!
So many typecasts, so little time (and scanner on the fritz)
I just walked by the pile of typecasts sitting on my scanner waiting to be converted to electrons for posting, and it dawned on me that November might be a handy excuse to get these things online. I have no firm story idea for Nano yet, and if I took the time to actually edit […]
UJTU: Wedding Guest or Halloween Party plus Back in the Itek Saddle
Going through the pics I’ve been taking with the F707, I’m struck by the people I take pictures of. Sometimes friends, sometimes strangers – always interesting. I recently went to a wedding in Tucson and a Halloween party. guess which photo was taken where: I’m going to be spending more time in the press garage […]
One Stormy Night – This Quiet Village Mix
Earlier this month I did another “One Stormy Night” mix while pondering the breakup of some friends of mine who have been mentioned at various times in this blog. She is the one who found me an Underwood Golden Touch right when I was jonesing for one a couple of years ago, and he is […]