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> one of only two available ways Three ways: many could also type in red: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B009KXXSOI https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B009KXXSOI (show
by robocat 2y ago
> one of only two available ways
Three ways: many could also type in red: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B009KXXSOI https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B009KXXSOI (showing a red/black ribbon).
7:05 shows the lever for a Brother typewriter in this video and a bit before that shows a different lever for heavyness (although I don't know if that would do bold): https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_dTu6T87Cg&t=6m50s https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_dTu6T87Cg&t=6m50s
And AFAIR you could somewhat do bold by overtyping a few times (backspace, retype, repeat) or by hitting keys harder.
Plus many early home computers only had UPPERCASE (e.g. initial Apple ][) and were monochrome (so inverse was often a highlight thing instead of using colour).
- ben_w 2y agoHuh, interesting. I don't think we ever had multi-colour ribbons on the typewriters I played with as a kid. (It would have been the late 80s in the UK, I have no idea how representative my experiences were).