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  1. Aug 2025
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    1964 NOMDA Blue Book: Olympia Font Styles – To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth…
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    1. chrisaldrich 07 Aug 2025
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      https://typecast.munk.org/2011/04/23/1964-nomda-blue-book-olympia-font-styles/

      The following were the available Olympia type sizes as listed in the 1964 NOMDA Blue Book:

      • 10 pitch (2.6 m/m) pica
      • 11 pitch (2.3 m/m) elite
      • 12 pitch (2.1 m/m) elite
      • 17 pitch (1.5 m/m, calculated)

      Not in the NOMDA Blue Book, but found in the wild on a 1971 Olympia SG-3: - 6 pitch (4.2 m/m) with typeface: Basic Writing No. 67

      Olympia typewriters Olympia typefaces NOMDA Blue Book 1964 typewriter typefaces 6 CPI
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  3. Jul 2025
  4. typecast.munk.org typecast.munk.org
    1964 NOMDA Blue Book: Olympia Font Styles – To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth…
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    1. chrisaldrich 11 Jul 2025
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      6 pitch would be 4.2 m/m

      Olympia typewriters Olympia typefaces 6 CPI
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