Grey looks good

1967  |  Consul 233  |  7 233 054813

Sent from my Consul 233

Comparing 3 large typefaces

Sent from my Erika 5 (pica), Smith-Corona Classic 12 (Speech-Riter),

Erika M (Medium Roman), and mystery machine (Bulletin).

Futura on a typewriter

196X Sears President 12 S6LP102442

Sears Smith-Corona equivalent

Pica Pica No. 1

Elite Elite No. 66

Presidential Pica Presidential Pica No. 78

Executive Elite Presidential Elite No. 77

Script Script (Artistic) No. 75

Italic Pica Italic No. 2

Futura Numode No. 61

(sorry for the sloppy table, apparently all the tabs were lost when I copied this)

Sent from my Sears President 12

Adjusting an Everest K2 / Lemon ice cream

1956 Everest Jolson 549429

carriage release adjustment ^

vertical alignment adjustment ^

vertical alignment adjustment ^

linespacing adjustment ^

Looking at it up close, the difference in weight can be seen, but the shorter serifs are a much more obvious difference between the W and the rest of the typeface.

No idea what I'm going to do with this case…I'm tempted to see what I can do with duck tape. XD

original Everest Jolson typecast

Sent from my new Everest Jolson

Alphabet is no obstruction

Sent from my Erika 120

Okay, so I'm a restless designer

for your pleasure; torpedoes 15, 16, and 17:

Byron Mark II font

A Volley of Torpedoes

Sent from my Facit 1620

100 typewriter typefaces compared

It just happened that I currently have 100 type specimens scanned at 200dpi, which is a perfect number for an analysis of typewriter typefaces. These have all been taken from typewriters either in my collection, formerly in my collection, or other opportunities I have taken.

Depending on how your browser renders png images and how fast your connection is, it might be best to wait a few seconds for the page to load before scrolling down.

elite and smaller typefaces

pica and larger typefaces

Measuring width only, the Adler Contessa's Pica is the largest pica in my collection, and my Hermes 3000's Director Pica is the smallest. The Olympia SM9's Congress Elite is the largest elite and the Hermes 3000's Director Elite is the smallest. For these comparisons, I am not including the Piclite typeface used on many Brother machines because it really is neither pica nor elite. The difference between the largest elite and smallest pica is actually smaller than the difference found among elite typefaces.

The typefaces you see do not represent the complete range of sizes that were available. I only have 14cpi to 6cpi typefaces, but 21cpi, 17cpi, and 5cpi typewriters were produced, as well as 9cpi and 8cpi typefaces which I have none of.

German typewriters tend to have the largest type, Italian typewriters also have large type, American typewriters have smaller type, but the smallest is found on Hermes typewriters. Japanese typewriters are not represented well enough here to make a conclusion for them.

I have solved the grey cast problem—I am now saving my typecasts as 256 color png files.

Sent from 100 typewriters.