October is Royal

4 responses to “October is Royal”

1. Bill M

   October 18, 2015 at 4:17 pm

   Very nice looking typewriter with a wonderful typeface. I first thought it was Vogue, but looking at the letter e gives it away as something else. It is always great to find memos or other documents in a machine. Knowing the history makes it special.

   I had a Royal Safari about that age with a similar problem. I carefully bent the cover to allow the typebars to work properly. Not sure if this would be the same problem with your machine.

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2. T. Munk

   October 18, 2015 at 6:15 pm

   Take a look at the rubber grommets that hold the ribbon cover on. if they’re squished, replacing them might be a fix.

   Re: Typestyle, hmmn, it doesn’t look like Contemprary Elite, so it’s likely a special order. what is stamped into the typeslugs as far as identification marks?
   http://munk.org/typecast/2011/04/24/1964-nomda-blue-book-royal-font-styles/

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   • DonN

     October 18, 2015 at 9:23 pm

     Thanks for that. By the looks of it I’d go with Contemporary Elite. The slugs are marked 517 for alphabetical, 77 for numbers.

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3. Richard P

   October 20, 2015 at 11:27 am

   That’s a great looking typeface, gentle and attractive.

   I would try gently pulling up on the lid — “forming” it, as the pros say — to see whether you can create proper clearance. It has been pushed down over the years.

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