“Roland” 1957 Tower Commander – Pica Typeface, “Regular” Linespacer “Einstein” 1956 Smith-Corona Silent – Elite (math) Typeface, “Line Saver” Linespacer “Bubbles” 1960 Smith-Corona Galaxie – Artistic Script Typeface, “Magna” Linespacer Excerpts from The Smith-Corona Floating Shift Typewriter Repair Bible Printed & Coil-Bound Download PDF Joe’s video on “Slow Your Roll” 1 1/2 linespacing on full-spacing […]
Category: Typography
Newest Improvements in the Austin Selectric Rescue 3D Printed Selectric Elements!
Austin Selectric Rescue’s 3D Printed Selectric typeballs
US Government Vogue – since Vogue is All The Rage, so Oblique and Demibold, anyone?
From: “1950 – Specimens of Type Faces in the United States Government Printing Office” Heh, don’t judge me about the weird things I read. :D Until now, I was not aware that there was a version of Vogue that was made for letterpress work. It was made by the Intertype foundry and was used by […]
VariTyper Now Functional (well one of ’em anyway)
Weapon of Choice: 195x VariTyper Unknown #obliterated Varityper: 1946 Typefaces/Fonts Catalog [Ralph C. Coxhead] Picked this one up from Mesa Typewriter Exchange’s back parts machine room, covered in 30 years of grime. It now works after a deep degreasing, but weirdly the spot on the frame where the model name and serial number are is […]
Mail Call With Musica & Updates on the Custom 3D Printed Selectric Elements
On the elements that Dave sent out this past weekend, the inner dimensions of the ball are just tight enough to cause the rocker to scrape the inner wall of the element, causing this scrape ring and potentially locking up the rotate and causing the tape to slip off or break. I’ll need to sand […]
Custom 3D Printed Selectric Elements are HERE! (Vogue! Papyrus!)
Weapon of Choice: “Dr. Lizardo” 1973 IBM Selectric II #26 1220365 In January, Richard Polt highlighted custom 3D printed Blick typewheels in his blog – now 9 months later come the custom 3D printed Selectric I/II 88-Character typeballs. The Future is NOW! :D Joe’s first Review (there will be more, I’m certain) One thing to […]
1964 Olympia Typewriter Type Styles Fonts
1964 Olympia Typewriter Type Styles Fonts
1915 Hammond Typestyles Font Catalog
1915 Hammond Typestyles Font Catalog
1973 Dreusicke Special Typeface Font Catalog
1973 Dreusicke Special Typeface Font Catalog
1970 – Rarotype Typeface and Font Catalog
1970 – Rarotype Typeface and Font Catalog And a 1972 Addendum:
1920 Ransmayer-Rodrian Typeface Font Catalog
Another one from the group of Typospherians in 2014.
1962 Hermes Typewriter Typeface Catalog
1962 Hermes Typewriter Typeface Catalog.
1970 Facit Typewriter Typefaces Font Catalog
1970 Facit Typewriter Typefaces Font Catalog
1957 Dreusicke Typestyles Fonts Catalog
Another one digitized by a team of Typospherians in 2014.
1932 Ransmayer Rodrian Typestyles List E
Another one digitized by a team of Typospherians in 2014.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Underwood-Olivetti Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Smith Corona SCM Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Royal Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Remington Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: RC Allen Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1975 Royal Typewriter Typeface Catalog
1975 Royal Typewriter Typeface Catalog, From the Collection of Kirk Jackson.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Packard Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces. “Packard” was a rebranding of a Hermes Baby clone from the mid-late 1960’s, and wasn’t sold for very long. I have no idea how they got a spot in the WOMDA typeface catalog for their very limited 1 Elite and 1 Pica typeface selection. :D
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Olympia Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Imperial Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: IBM Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Hermes Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Facit Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: California Retyping Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces. CRC was a company that would take in the dealer’s used stock of machines with worn, damaged or undesirable type and they’d replace the slugs with new ones. These are the typefaces that got put on probably many thousands of used typewriters of nearly any brand, so […]
1967 WOMDA Typewriter Typefaces: Adler Fonts
1967 Western Office Machine Dealer’s Association Typewriter typefaces.
1968 IBM Composer Typewriter Font Typestyle Catalog
1960 Union Foundry Typewriter Type Slug Specifications
This one is less a typestyle catalog and more about technical specifications of the typeslugs, keytops and other products offered to typewriter manufacturers by Union. Want to know how to read the markings on type slugs? There’s some of that here. Want to know what size key rings are on an Orga Privat, a Kappel […]
1953 IBM Executive Typewriter Brochure & Type Samples
1953 IBM Executive Typewriter Brochure & Type Samples
1961 Adler Typewriter Type Font Styles
When someone purchased a particular Adler Primus serial number 3141007 in 1961, it would be clear to later investigators (me) that the purchaser was very interested in choosing just the right typeface for thier new portable typewriter. They had requested from the dealer a full typestyles catalog, chosen Ransmayer & Rodrian #84 Ra (Elite Imperial) […]
1954 Smith-Corona (SCM) Typewriter Type Styles and Keyboards Catalog
Here’s where I start when trying to identify the typeface on a Smith-Corona typewriter, and where I’m most successful in getting an ID. This PDF got passed to me almost a decade ago, but I’m not sure from where. Sadly, it’s a very dark, low-contrast scan, and not much can be done about it. The […]
1939 Type Styles for Remington Typewriters
An excellent reference for especially pre-WW2 Remington typefaces. Much more than just a listing of faces, including what machines certain faces can be found on, what keyboards they were matched with, possible letter spacings and line heights, plus a special section on Noiseless types.