Factories and showrooms

Factories

Facit: Åtvidaberg, 1957

Olivetti:

British Olivetti: Glasgow, 1957

A bit mesmerizing...

Robotron: Dresden, 1987

Smiles all 'round.

Robotron: Dresden, 1988-89

Here at the Robotron factory you can see an Olympia Regina De Luxe alongside more standard Erikas (and possibly other brands).

Showrooms (and similar)


Remington: Munich

In this case I don't think the typewriter is the main focus...

Olivetti: Switzerland, 1960s

Olivetti showrooms—not to be outdone by the typewriters' style!

Optima: DDR, 1950s

So many different Optimas on display!

Royal, Smith-Corona, Underwood: USA, 1960s

A shop that displays many kinds of used items, with typewriters as a centerpiece.

Royal: USA, 1960s

Adler: England, 1960s

The suspended-in-air display is quite delightful.

Rheinmetall: Rio de Janeiro, 1930s

Probably taken through a shop window?

In case if you haven't seen before, I created this map of known typewriter factories around the world.

Valentine-1984

I have fond memories of old DOS games with their chunky graphics and limited color pallets.

I was messing about in Photoshop and decided to create this.

Ingliš fonetik letérset

You're hardly a tortured/misunderstood genius if you haven't devised a phonetic alphabet if your native tongue's is far from being so. Mine is far more than just an alphabet, though. I've been away from my blog for a week because for the first time in my life, I actually got the flu. By the time I'd recovered, I realized how much time I'd wasted and I worked quite enthusiastically on improving my phonetic alphabet and translating it so that it would actually work on computers. Here are some of my preliminary results.

Aa Áá Bb Dd Ee Éé Ff Gg Hh Ii Íí Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Óó Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Úú Vv Ww Yy Ýý Zz Ðð Þþ Šš Cc Žž

I was delighted to find that many fonts supported characters such as Ýý, Ðð, Þþ, and Šš, especially my favorite, Helvetica Neue. The dictionary cover is a design I put quickly together for fun that turned out quite nicely.

(Edit) Replaced the original 7 pages with a revised, updated version with 8 pages.