Thursday, March 31, 2011

Typewriter Revival: Twitter Generation Rediscovers Manual Typewriters #Steampunk

The Digital Generation Rediscovers the Magic of Manual Typewriters - NYTimes.com



Manual typewriters aren’t going gently into the good night of the digital era. The machines have been attracting fresh converts, many too young to be nostalgic for spooled ribbons, ink-smudged fingers and corrective fluid. And unlike the typists of yore, these folks aren’t clacking away in solitude.
They’re fetishizing old Underwoods, Smith Coronas and Remingtons, recognizing them as well designed, functional and beautiful machines, swapping them and showing them off to friends. At a series of events called “type-ins,” they’ve been gathering in bars and bookstores to flaunt a sort of post-digital style and gravitas, tapping out letters to send via snail mail and competing to see who can bang away the fastest.

Keys arranged alphabetically
ABC typewriter 2
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