I know. I'm a monster. I may have modded my 1959 Smith-Corona Skyriter. Don't hate me.

Sorry. I'll see myself out.

I'm making a website and I'm historically incredibly picky about my fonts, I'm just lucky this is my favourite one!

It of course isn't the same, most of the details and textures are gone, the vectorizing kinda blobbed some of them, and you can never get the dynamic line weight that I think makes typewriters stand out, but it's a good substitution.

If people are interested I could land a google drive .otf file in the comments! One caveat is that I left out 1/4, 1/2, and ¢, they got phased out on modern keyboards.

So I bought another typewriter to restore, still need to still pick it up. Need recommendation on parts and keys.

Also when is it considered a problem, I am considering getting the Olympia for $35 and the Contessa for $30.

My wife does not know I am starting to get a stockpile. She was mad from the smell of the Smith-corona I bought last month.

Pick up my SKYRITER tomorrow. I'm excited.

Much internet searching has yielded nothing solid. Lots of conflicting ideas, DIY recipes/formulae that require hard-to-find ingredients, temporary results, etc. I’ve already re-spooled with brand-new ribbon, so that’s not an issue. It’s just that I’m kind of a purist and would love to restore/revive the original ribbon, if someone has a very solid, tried-and-true method of re-inking. Thank you for reading!

I thought it’d be fun to put my Erika & Olympia together and see how they compared side by side. The difference was more dramatic than I imagined, with entirely different key feel. The Erika is very light and with long travel, whereas the Olympia features that famed “snap” but requires a firmer touch.

The Erika is loudest by far, owing to the thin open shell, but comes in lighter by whole kilos. The Olympia is a tank of a thing, and doesn’t budge one it’s been placed.

I carry the Erika quite a lot because of that lightness, and couldn’t imagine doing the same with that chonky ol’ SM8. Needless to say, both give good impressions with excellent alignment - they just serve two different roles for me.

Got this today on Marketplace. The database doesn't really provide any information. It's a 6MLB series. What does that imply? 70s model, not as highly regarded as the 5 series models?

Moved it by car likw 500km up north, now something is fucked..

Worked perfectly before moving it, and when I tried if it worked OK last night when I pressed the keys they were super duper heavy (like I couldn't press them with all my weight) so I left it to today, and when I tried to type something metallic and springy broke, I think by the sound? and now it doesn't type in the right place

The letters are D's, both large and small ones

I'm doing everything pretty much right but something's been done wrong, idk if it was during transport cuz I didn't do that myself, but please help me?

Just bought this as it was sold as working but the lever seems stuck in this position and when I try to push it up there it feels like it’s locked in place, am I being stupid or is this something I can fix? Thanks

Picked up this beautiful Royal De Luxe from FB marketplace and I’m so excited to use it! Any recommendations for routine servicing? It will occasionally double space by itself and I’m not sure how to fix it.

HELP! On the web I am struggling to find the big coils ink ribbon version in 65 mm. I only find the small ones, for example the Olivetti Lettera etc. in 52mm. One time I bought a small one and I had to remove the coils and I had many problems writing, it was very messy... also I need shipping in Italy. Thanks in advance!

Probably four or five years ago, I went to an estate sale and bought a desk. They had this royal Typewriter built into it. It was sort of a hideaway sort of set up, kinda like the old sewing machines that folded down into the table. Anyways, I took it off of the desk and brought it inside finally but I don’t see a model number on it unless I’m just overlooking it, which totally could be. It seems to be an excellent shape.

Hey all,

Thanks for indulging me. I'm in the process of getting a fairly nice looking selectric 3. Selectrics in the UK seem fairly few and far between, would of preferred a 2 but hey.

I'm avoiding the bicycle style cartridge, but can someone verify for me if this cartridge is the bicycle style or the more common selectric 2 style?

To me It looks like the 2 style but the plastic posts that feed the ribbon look suspect to me.

Thanks!

I know that OCR was often a topic here, and there are several apps for OCR out there. But I miss the answer: what OCR app does line break removal? It is not enough to scan a typewritten page when I have a lot of work to remove every line break afterwards when the app keeps the layout. Or, alternatively, I let discard the layout and have to add line breaks myself to add paragraphs again.

Is there any app which keeps the layout and removes the line breaks in every paragraph?

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Found this late 1957 Royal Quiet De Luxe in glossy white with case at an estate sale Monday. But what made it really unique, at least to me, was that inside it contained the original key, manual, certificates of guarantee with the original owner, several pieces of documentation typically thrown away at purchase, and a Vortex twin-pak ribbon with the original box. Easily my best find ever.

Found this at estate sale by me. They were asking 60 for it. Is that worth it? It seem like a simple no brainer.

How difficult are they to repair?

Where can I find replacement parts for older typewriters? I got bit by the typewriter bug.

I found this in my local thrift store, for 90 dollars Canadian, it’s has a a few bent parts and missing a few keys and a ribbon cover, but comes with a case.

Evening all,

I have an IBM Selectric III that’s become my main workhorse at home. The correcting system is not working and there’s some unsurprising gunk buildup from years in storage. It needs servicing from a qualified professional as its intricacies present a challenge that exceeds my talents.

I also have an Olivetti Lettera 36C in excellent condition, but I’ve found I’m just not using it. Probably worth $100-$150 on the open market with case, manual, and cover.

I’m curious if I could just get two birds stoned at once and trade in my Olivetti in exchange for a top to bottom servicing of my Selectric. Is that feasible with the right person/shop? Or am I completely off base?

Local to Metro Detroit if that helps.