by Richard Polt | Sep 17, 2023 | electric, One weird trick, Royal
The Royal Saturn is a nifty-looking lightweight electric, actually made by Silver-Seiko.The problem on this one: some typebars weren’t reaching the platen. They just weren’t being activated with enough force. I concluded that the belt had lost some...
by Richard Polt | Jan 21, 2019 | electric, Smith-Corona
I suppose I should have taken a “before” picture of this machine that came in for service at Urban Legend Typewriters. It was simply covered in grime and hair. Nauseating! Plus, I am not immediately attracted to ’70s design, so my initial reaction...
by Richard Polt | May 18, 2018 | Brother, electric
Once in a blue moon I check shopgoodwill.com. I was scrolling through and saw this picture, which made me pause for some reason. I sensed that this was something different. There was something about its shape and color that appealed to me. So I put in a lowball bid,...
by Richard Polt | Feb 24, 2018 | electric, Olivetti
My attention was caught a couple of years ago by this Olivetti-Underwood Editor 2 (#E13-6003749, formerly in the Brumfield collection), as pictured on The Typewriter Database. Its beautiful typeface is Elite Correspondence Gothic, according to the 1964 NOMDA Blue...
by Richard Polt | Jan 11, 2018 | electric, Royal
The Jetstar’s nifty ribbon setting indicator light: Here’s the ’68 TV ad for the Jetstar: The Ultronic and the Jetstar share the same mechanism and both have strong aluminum bodies, but their styling is very different: Read about the...
by Richard Polt | Dec 1, 2015 | electric, font
I hadn’t made a typewriter font for a while, so with an hour to spare last night, I did. I don’t think I’ve seen this typeface on another typewriter. Isn’t that ampersand a beauty? Download the font here. Also available: VisOmatic, with more...
