(Sp)ACE CADET, The ACE Cadet #302 (Stapler Week Continues)
Typewriter Gallery #1000 reached with Michael H’s 197X Smith-Corona Coronet Automatic 12
Here it is, Typewriter Gallery #1000: http://typewriterdatabase.com/197x-smithcorona-coronet-automatic-12.1738.typewriter
Typewriter Database Report: only 7 more galleries left to reach 1000! :D
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 […]
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, […]