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| Typewriter-themed mail art! |
The cast of characters, from the top of the roll call:
- Olivetti Lettera 35 (Pica)
- Rheinmetall KST (Script)
- Hermes 3000 (Epoca)
- Swissa Junior (Bulletin/ Display, not yet featured)
- Hermes Baby (Elite)
- Hermes 3000 (Director Pica)
- Scheidegger Princess-Matic (Congress Pica)
- Adler Tippa S (Continental Elite)
- Olympia SF (Script, typestyle 69)
- Adler Tippa (Script)
- Adler Tippa S (Techno)
- Swissa Junior (Techno)
- Hermes Media 3 (Pica - same style of machine as in the link, but different typeface)
Those are some nice looking typefaces. I also really like the envelope with the typewriter ribbon drawn on it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this! Quite useful. I must start to look for some machines with script typeface (I have none, despite my ever-growing collection!) - I just love the variantion on that theme from your Rheinmetall KST...
ReplyDeleteYes, quite the artiste on that drawn typewriter ribbon...I can almost see the black and red in it:)
ReplyDeleteWonderful sampling of typefaces (and ribbon colors and densities)!
ReplyDeleteWow, lots of diversity in the typefaces (and the ribbon colors, have you ever said where you get those ribbons? Did I miss that? Someone had a brown ribbon at the Snohomish type-in and it was fabulous).
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite is the Adler Tippa 1. Amazing.
Very cute title...made me smile!
ReplyDeleteAmazing assortment! For my own general use I always end up coming back to boring old pica (I really love Olivetti's pica), but it sure is fun seeing others! And you *must* tell us more about these colored ribbons.
The brown ribbon on that typewriter at the Snohomish type-in was sooo cool!
LFP - I was hoping a fellow Strunk & White fan would notice the title :)
ReplyDeleteBesides basic black, there are three other colors shown in the roll call: green (Rheinmetall KST), blue (Adler Tippa S), and purple (Adler Tippa 1). Now I wish I'd flicked the lever on one of these machines and written in red as well!
Anyway, there are no interesting stories, I'm afraid. I too wish I knew where to find these ribbons! A certain Mr. Vieira has promised to scour the stationery shops of Portugal for new old stock.
The green ribbon came with the Rheinmetall (and the seller kept assuring me I could easily swap it out with black, as if!) Likewise, the blue ribbon was already on the Tippa when I bought it. Both of these colors have been sparingly used, and when they fade to illegibility I will resort to enliven them by any means necessary... including the WD-40 trick. The purple ribbon was a lucky find on eBay France and I wrote a post about it last month: http://genevatypewriters.blogspot.com/2011/01/vintage-accessories-cotton-typewriter.html
LFP and Strikethru - if you're interested in colored ribbons, you could try dropping Richard Polt a note. I think he mentioned that the Spitzfaden's stationery store in his neighborhood still has old stocks; he might be able to pick some up for you.
Fantastic - I love it. Typeface is an important consideration in typewriter purchase(s). I think you need some Remington action!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Adwoa, you will receive a first parcel soon (not yet with blue ribbons, but interesting nevertheless)...
ReplyDeleteRino - You're right, I don't have any Remingtons... yet! I don't think they made any really great ultra-portables, and their "flagship" models, the Quiet-Riter and its brethren, are a bit too large for my small apartment. Maybe one day.
ReplyDeleteRuy - Sounds promising :)