But with the machine, when you're writing on a typewriter, you're just writing on a typewriter. It does one thing really, really well. I tell people all the time, typewriter is a machine that writes. A computer is a machine that happens to write.

I just talked to Bill at Philly Typewriter and he said he uses Lustember Nylon String .8mm.

Bill Rhoda, co-owner and lead mechanic at Philly Typewriter.