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Confessions of a Typewriter Addict
- sampl 9y agoIf you want to try a poor imitation of the real thing, I made one here: http://typwrtr.com/ http://typwrtr.com/
- hnarn 9y agoThat's really cool! It would be even cooler if you used a "typewriter-looking" font, like this one: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Special+Elite https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Special+Elite
- King-Aaron 9y agoI feel ashamed to say it took me far too many seconds of minor frustration before I realised why backspace wouldn't work.
- Isamu 9y agoBackspace should work, it just shouldn't erase what is already typed. You might use it to overstrike something. There were electric typewriters that supported backward delete with a whiteout tape.
- deepsun 9y agoCool! How to turn off Shift?
- Overtonwindow 9y agoI love typewriters because for me they're tangible, understandable, mechanical technology. Unlike an iPhone, or even a computer, I can wrap my bubble of a brain around how it works. I'm now the proud owner of 23 typewriters and can tell you stories, and anecdotes about each design, manufacturing, and origin.
- ripsawridge 9y agoIt's strange how much fun it can be to spend an evening with a well-built mechanical tool, long forgotten by the rest of the world. I've got a portable ("laptop," LOL) Swissa Piccola machine that I just love, and a bigger 1937 Olympia whose keys feel fantastic.