3 Oct 2014

Voss's rakish italic

1957 Voss De Luxe 133803













Sent from my new Voss De Luxe

9 comments:

  1. I dunno if I'll ever get a chance to own a Voss, but they sure are attractive machines (:
    Great typeface too!

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    1. My first one was found for $1 in a yard sale, you never know!

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    2. aww, smokin' deal :D

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  2. Gawd that machine is a whole bunch of sexy!

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  3. One of my favourite models, for sure.

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  4. Great looking muscle machine with those gull wing doors. I have to say is my "nicer" condition machines sparkled like this one, I'd be a happy chap. The usual slope for an italic, especially a word processor sloped roman "italics" is about 12 degrees from the vertical.

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    1. I compared the Voss's italic with other typewriter italics as well as that of Helvetica, Garamond, and Univers and the Voss and Garamond are decidedly the most sloped.

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  5. What a cool looking typewriter! The white typewriter looks best against the dark desk top. Thanks again for the nice photography.

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  6. I agree with previous - it is very attractive. I especially like the contoured sides of the machine - the ends of the carriage and the return lever are nicely sculpted.

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