tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post7290136755908266..comments2024-03-25T08:42:25.940+01:00Comments on Retro Tech Geneva: Senta 3-Bank Portable Typewriter (c. 1926): FrakturschriftAdwoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-49232993652424736722021-05-29T22:44:54.220+02:002021-05-29T22:44:54.220+02:00Stunning. What an amazing typeface and machine ove...Stunning. What an amazing typeface and machine overall. Thanks for sharing! Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118624688575365524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-45924782086429650212016-08-05T16:48:10.320+02:002016-08-05T16:48:10.320+02:00I would like buy a Manual Typewriter, having a FRA...I would like buy a Manual Typewriter, having a FRAKTUR/Old German<br />Script Font, llike the one above.<br />Any make and price considered.<br />Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529980796718443009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-15503360809541856942016-08-05T16:45:43.496+02:002016-08-05T16:45:43.496+02:00I would like to buy a manual typewriter with a
Fra...I would like to buy a manual typewriter with a<br />Fraktur/Old German script font, like the one above.<br />Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529980796718443009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-29934812385862585572013-08-08T05:56:15.489+02:002013-08-08T05:56:15.489+02:00NaziscriptNaziscriptAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-15794647450170519422013-07-06T21:51:14.176+02:002013-07-06T21:51:14.176+02:00Love your Senta! So much more beautiful than my co...Love your Senta! So much more beautiful than my continental and Adler which are also in Fraktur fontellyelli3https://www.blogger.com/profile/16378359176723415175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-21760170840233475542013-04-07T19:57:37.390+02:002013-04-07T19:57:37.390+02:00Wow... Just, wow! I found this post through google...Wow... Just, wow! I found this post through google, looking for information about the Senta I just say on our local Ebay. But this is amazing! Now I must definitely have it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-25493655977588970062012-10-12T15:14:12.809+02:002012-10-12T15:14:12.809+02:00Can I say I am very very envious!!!! I love this m...Can I say I am very very envious!!!! I love this machine and the awesome font!!! I can imagine writing a children's book with this!!! Darn!! Now I need to hunt for one cos I really really love it.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this beautyEvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469127241701825535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-5073915560403308732012-07-10T07:02:38.693+02:002012-07-10T07:02:38.693+02:00I had to come look at this again tonight. Holy Sh*...I had to come look at this again tonight. Holy Sh*t mn beautiful.michaelianyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473989420991038113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-28486706259064732942012-07-06T06:13:09.629+02:002012-07-06T06:13:09.629+02:00that type certainly has a haunting presence. i thi...that type certainly has a haunting presence. i think i might be afraid to type late at night with that font - it stares back at you. <br />And that keyboard sure would require a lot of practice getting used to. <br />Its still something to behold. <br />Then the machine itself. <br />first time ive heard and seen of a senta. <br />i find its styling quite eyepleasing. it reminds me of those 1930sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-51358827428497584002012-06-13T01:48:20.448+02:002012-06-13T01:48:20.448+02:00Just beautiful.Just beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-39498727601021723552012-02-09T08:39:23.543+01:002012-02-09T08:39:23.543+01:00For auctions, never ever enter into a bidding war;...For auctions, never ever enter into a bidding war; just use snip.pl (n.b this is not an ad, ha!)<br /><br />For me, a book should perhaps untangle the unwieldy typewriting family tree, explain what’s collectable and what’s not (although that would be giving the game away). A big boon would be if it was entertaining, well-written and had plenty of eye candy - like your blog. You can definitely Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-61733381629416589752012-02-08T21:51:49.834+01:002012-02-08T21:51:49.834+01:00Oh, I definitely did not find this in Geneva! It c...Oh, I definitely did not find this in Geneva! It came all the way from Berlin, won in a hotly-contested auction for a pretty penny, as you say :) These aren't very easy to find.<br /><br />I'm sure there's a book somewhere in this typewriter collecting adventure, I'm just not sure what form it should take or if I'm the one to write it...Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-50875950558427528282012-02-08T17:37:10.612+01:002012-02-08T17:37:10.612+01:00This specimen must be worth a pretty penny and it ...This specimen must be worth a pretty penny and it beats hands down my Erikas 5 and 8. What I would like to know though is how come Geneva is this hot bed of interesting typewriters?? It makes the offerings in England and Sweden seems really humdrum. I guess that what’s currently available in Europe and America hasn’t been stirred around by the collectors yet… …which is nice in a way but also Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-17202322114410851422011-11-30T14:04:54.697+01:002011-11-30T14:04:54.697+01:00I got a machine with a suitcase but often not so n...I got a machine with a suitcase but often not so nice printingAudinkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669483050541225747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-74140462001889690912011-09-21T03:21:07.256+02:002011-09-21T03:21:07.256+02:00I am so insanely jealous of this typewriter! If t...I am so insanely jealous of this typewriter! If the typeface is rare in Europe, it is probably nonexistent in the U.S.<br /><br />My fourteen year old agrees that this would be the perfect typeface for horror stories.Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-10501743471566429562011-09-08T19:16:37.499+02:002011-09-08T19:16:37.499+02:00@rn: Your guess is as good as mine on this point! ...@rn: Your guess is as good as mine on this point! Perhaps a (belated) attempt at legibility? Some of the letters are hard enough to tell apart as it is, I can only imagine what an ampersand would look like rendered in real frakturschrift :)<br /><br />@danishchair: It is always an honor to enlighten a newcomer, and I am glad I could show you something interesting. I am a big fan of typefaces as Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-63029845310446047312011-09-08T18:24:12.788+02:002011-09-08T18:24:12.788+02:00Simply another 'thank you' for the fascina...Simply another 'thank you' for the fascinating history from you all. The machine is just mind-blowing, so lovely. I am a new collector and particularly interested in both German machines and typeface variance. This made my day!danishchairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843837258160203260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-32130537307069864172011-09-07T19:06:39.970+02:002011-09-07T19:06:39.970+02:00Thanks for all the info and photos about this amaz...Thanks for all the info and photos about this amazing machine. A quick question about the frakturschrift: do you have any idea why, with the letters so mind-blowingly baroque, the numbers, plus the percent sign and ampersand, are not similarly inclined? Robrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115499862681364911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-68211896702237719192011-09-05T22:08:44.948+02:002011-09-05T22:08:44.948+02:00Wow, not only a fetching machine, but a great font...Wow, not only a fetching machine, but a great font and a surprising history lesson (seriously, at least in the States, Fraktur is just about synonymous with Germany circa WW2 - to find out that the Nazis considered it to be a "Jewish" typeface is baffling). So shiny and in such nice shape too! (:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-7250014851397890572011-09-05T20:23:06.719+02:002011-09-05T20:23:06.719+02:00Thanks for the additional information, Richard! It...Thanks for the additional information, Richard! It is ironic that what some now think of as the quintessential German typeface was so reviled there only a few years ago. History can be funny that way sometimes...Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-1958951144066370562011-09-05T17:57:36.977+02:002011-09-05T17:57:36.977+02:00The question of the political connotations of type...The question of the political connotations of typefaces is very interesting. Thanks for the reference, Adwoa. I have been reading a little about the "Frakturstreit." According to <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua-Fraktur-Streit" rel="nofollow">German Wikipedia</a>, Hitler criticized Fraktur in the name of his imperialist vision as early as 1934:<br /><br />"In a hundredRichard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-61373239259841231672011-09-05T08:12:06.447+02:002011-09-05T08:12:06.447+02:00Thanks for the nice comments. Part of the reason I...Thanks for the nice comments. Part of the reason I am always so keen to get my hands on the unusual stuff is so I can put up good pictures and a clear (and extensive) type sample which others can later find via Google. There are a few frakturschrift schreibmaschinen out there, I'm sure, but it's awfully hard to find high-resolution pictures of them or their type samples.<br /><br />@Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-48421559282848389992011-09-05T05:31:59.396+02:002011-09-05T05:31:59.396+02:00That's a worthwhile splurge especially at a fa...That's a worthwhile splurge especially at a favorable exchange rate! I love the sculptural design.notagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-61450171406864099032011-09-05T04:05:16.554+02:002011-09-05T04:05:16.554+02:00To follow up with a more intelligent comment: I am...To follow up with a more intelligent comment: I am really impressed with the fine condition of the machine and the beauty of the type.<br /><br />Some of the unusual characters are combinations of letters: tz, sz (ß), ck, st, ch.<br /><br />I don't yet have a Fraktur machine. I suppose my dream would be a proportional Fraktur typewriter that I hear Ideal produced in the '30s.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-71621160790609415632011-09-05T02:24:47.385+02:002011-09-05T02:24:47.385+02:00Wow, that is a shiny new toy. Some of the curves o...Wow, that is a shiny new toy. Some of the curves on that machine look surprisingly modern!Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975027530244662003noreply@blogger.com