You learn something new about typewriters every day—even after 28 years of collecting.
A woman emailed me about this “out-of-typewriter correction material” from 1972. It’s “revolutionary”!
The revolution must have been a failure, because I don’t recall ever seeing this product before, and the concept had never occurred to me. It allows you to fix an error on a typed sheet that has already left the machine. First you may need to cover up a mistaken character(s) with Wite-Out® or the like; then use TabType® to adhere the correct character(s) onto the paper.
Sometimes, I’ve got to say, I am very grateful for computers.
Heh, reminds me of rub-on letters. Are you supposed to peel the letters off the sheet and stick them on the page, or do you rub them onto the page with a pencil? the semi-transparent back makes me think of Letraset rub-on letters.
also, I dunno why this thing keeps saying I'm Anonymous. I'm logged in and my avatar is right next to the comment box. ):
Yeah, it looks like rub-on letters à la Letraset. I remember first getting a couple of sheets of those when I was little boy, and being excited by the typographical possibilities.
Blogger is one of the least functional arms of Google—a withered appendage—and I am concerned about its long-term survival.
That would be fun to use a couple times….after that….you'll probably just want to make less mistakes!
You know, 28 years ago you could still walk into a store and buy a new manual typewriter. I got one at Bundy Typewriter on Chestnut Street. Something made in Mexico with a Royal badge on it as I remember.
I am glad I found this page! Matt, at Ace typewriter, near Portland Oregon pointed me here. I have other oddities like this one, like erasable paper, what a funny thing it is. Thin, and doesn’t soak the ink in well, but you can erase it. The whole page looks pretty terrible after you are done, but it works. If I had some rub on letters, I could even make it look more bad. ;)
Ha ha! Erasable paper was quite popular back in the day, but I don’t care for it either.