Category Archives: Typefaces
A Fine Month is April
I like April, especially this year. I got my vaccine last Friday. Found a very good typewriter too, a 1963 Smith Corona Clipper which is in fact a Sterling for those of you who understand these things (Series 5A that is). This one has elite type, and best of all it scans to OCR almost perfectly. That can be a problem if you write a lot on typewriters and wish to scan and edit. I completed my 12th novel last week, 60,000 words typed and scanned and edited. Some of the scans were atrociously poor, others worked well. I try to use a variety of my collection of typewriters, so results vary when scanning. The benefit of smaller type is that you can write more on a line before having to return the carriage, which interrupts the flow. Less interruptions are desirable to keep the words flowing.
Now that I have finished this book and also the latest guitar, I think I’ll take a break and do something else for a while. Maybe write some more poems. Here’s one from last night. I typed it, then scanned it and edited the text, then printed it and scanned it to a JPEG!
Filed under Poetry, Typefaces, Typewriters, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Writing
Thrift Bonanza – c.195x
viewfinder 1955 Asahiflex
Asahiflex IIA – first SLR from Japan
viewfinder 1953 Rolleicord
Rolleicord IV
Smith Corona Silent Super 1955 – script type
the secret 1 key
P.S. here is an OCR attempted scan of the typed page 1 above:
Filed under Cameras, Technology, Thrift shop finds, Typefaces, Typewriters
Recipe Boxes & Typeface Detective Work
Once again I’m finding things seem to come in waves, and here is another example: I found my 2nd old metal card file box in as many days. This time the box was empty, but nevertheless the same box with a different paint job.
Meanwhile I’ve been amusing myself trying to discover the sort of typewriter that was used to type the pastry recipe on the index card I featured previously. I typed the same words using an old Underwood Golden Touch but that didn’t look like it, so I then tried with a 1948 model Royal Arrow. That looked very similar.
Here is the direct comparison of the new card (Royal Arrow 1948) and the original card (unknown). The old ink is now brown, and it looks fatter, but that may simply be how it was absorbed by the paper when it was typed in the first place.
Going through the recipe box thoroughly I discovered a few more typed recipes, which I present here.
This next recipe comes from a different machine, at 11 characters/inch. My first guess would be a Brother, but it could well be an Olympia too, as they made plenty of 11 pitch machines. I have not investigated this typeface yet.
Back to the other typewriter again for a Mystery Cake.
Filed under Cooking, Type-in, Typefaces, Typewriters
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