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IBM had a cursive font for typewriters

• crazygringo 3y ago
  Yup, IBM Selectric Scribe (towards the bottom of the page): http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-44934.html http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-44934.html It was a bit of a "novelty" font for typewriters. Almost like the Comic Sans of its day. It wasn't meant to be used as italics, it was for typing a fun invitation or more "personal" letter or something like that. I can't find any information on it specifically though, whether it was the first. It wouldn't surprise me if it were, however.
  • rntz 3y ago
    I think that's actually IBM Selectric Script, not Scribe (the images are labelled at the bottom not the top). https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/10922/script-ibm https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/10922/script-ibm finds two uses of it.
    • crazygringo 3y ago
      Quite right, thanks for the correction!