https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xrobt6/script_typefaces_what_ive_learnt_in_tracking_them/

Broad colloquial advice on finding script machines. Fairly facile and not very nuanced, but broadly rings as true.

Advanced Typing - Shortcuts (1943)

Advanced Typing: Shortcuts. 16 mm. Vol. MN-1512c. United States Navy Training Film, 1943. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJfCfqgsX0.

Correct typing posture: fingers curved<br /> arms sloping up<br /> light fast strokes<br /> steady rhythm

fast continuous motion of return lever<br /> using backing sheet (aka temping sheet ??)

Shortcuts:<br /> mise en place for office supplies (she doesn't use this phrasing though) - greater efficiency - cuts down on searching

tabulators can be helpful. There are two types:<br /> - automatic - handset

Use tabs for paragraphs, dating letters, columns of numbers, and letter closings.

To clear all tab stops, put carriage to left, hold tab clear key and move the carriage across. (Usually applies to Royal, Remington, Underwood, and Electromatic).

On LC Smith and Woodstock machines sometimes have a tab clear lever on the back.

Decimal tabulator keys help to align a variety of numbers around a decimal point. 09:43

Always have a few tabs set to prevent a flying carriage which can be hard on the machine.

When using carbon sheets which are slightly longer than the paper size, cut off a small triangle at the top left hand side. This makes it easier for one to separate the carbons from the copies by holding the top left with one hand and pulling the carbons out from the bottom of the stack.

To align multiple sheets of paper for carbon copies, use a folded sheet at the top to taco the pages into the machine. Remove the folded sheet once the carbon pack is rolled forward.

Paper bail rollers should be set to split the pages into thirds (for two rollers).

Remington noiseless machines have a pressure indicator on the front of the machine (usually above the keyboard) which can be used when using thick carbon packs that may cause the ribbon guide to stick or bind.

Only erase when the carriage is fully left or right to prevent eraser crumbs from falling into the machine. 15:26

Use a soft eraser on carbon copies. Use and insert slips of paper behind the carbons and allowing them to stick out the sides, erasing from back sheet to front so as not to allow the eraser to mark your carbon copies. For the front sheet, use a shield and ink eraser and erase with a horizontal motion. After erasing, easily pull out the inserted sheets.

When typing a correction, tap the key lightly two or three times rather than hard once.

When in a rush and it's necessary to add a word (on double spacing), underline the last letter of the prior word and type a slash (/). Then move the typing line up and type the insertion above the prior line. This creates an "arrow" of sorts for the inserted word.

Details for inserting extra letters in misspelled words using half-spacing machines. (Underwoods and Electromatics don't have this function.)

Light pencil marks at the bottom of the sheet can help to indicate the coming bottom of the sheet.

Putting up the card holders (fingers) on Underwoods and Royals. They help to hold the card and improve print quality and reduce noise.

Card holders can cause markings on carbon packs if they're not lowered.

Trick for quickly writing postcards in succession: Disengage the ratchet using the platen spring release (or variable platen switch) Type the address on the front of the card. When done give the platen a quick practiced spin. The postcard with "jump" up and stop at the paper table and be in position for rolling in the opposite direction to write the message on the back of the card! When done a faster spin of the platen will shoot the card over the back of the typewriter where it can land in a box to collect all the postcards which were written in such a manner. <br /> timestamp 23:22

Time saving methods for addressing envelopes:

• Front seat principle. Insert the envelope in the usual way and type out the address. When done, turn the envelope down through the machine with the right hand. With the left hand, place the next envelope between the top of the first envelope and the front of the platen. Feed the first envelope back through the machine (in reverse) and the second will be rolled in to place for typing. Continue in this fashion until finished. All the finished envelopes will stack up in the back at the paper table.

• Chain feeding. The first envelope is inserted and rolled partway into the machine. A second envelope is inserted between the platen and the second envelope (behind the platen). Turn the first envelope to the writing line and type the address. Take out the first envelope and insert the next the same way as before.

• Uses paper bail. Do the first envelope in the usual way. Spin it out of the machine up and behind the paper bail into a box behind the typewriter.

For quickly doing labels or small cards: (27:29) Create a small zig-zag fold into a piece of paper to create a pocket slot which can be scotch taped on either side. This template paper can then be inserted so that the pocket is visible above the writing line, but the paper below it is still in the platen. The label or card can be placed into the pocket and the platen reversed to feed the label or card in backwards to the desired typing line. Using a v-groove or hole in the typing line can create a pencil line to serve as a guide for inserting many labels at the same place so that the typing lines up between labels.

Some offices had special platens for holding cards like this.

Pockets like this can also be used to hold the page to add additional lines at the bottom of pages. Deeper pockets may need to be used for doing this with carbon packs whose carbons are longer than the pages.

Alternately one can do something similar by creating a inverted u-shaped set of slits into an index card. to hold such labels.

When in the midst of a page and needing to do another piece urgently, roll back the letter until about 2 inches from the top, and then place in the new page and one between each of the carbons. Then roll forward to do the short message as necessary. Turn back to the insertion position to remove the copies and then continue with the first letter where you left off.

For drawing horizontal lines on typewriter paper, push the carriage to the extreme left and place the pencil or pen at the edge of the card guide and the scale. Then move the carriage to the right to effect the line. For vertical lines, put the carriage at the desired space and place the pencil at the card guide and scale and move the platen up/down as necessary.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1hk0ebb/smithcorona_escapement_noise/

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Every Sunday, I spend 60 minutes making index cards for the woman I think I'm going to be that week.<br /> That woman has never once shown up for work.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/olympiasg1/posts/1812952576689815

Lots of colloquial suggestions for cleaning and polishing plastic typewriter keys.

reply to u/ropeynick at https://reddit.com/r/TypewriterRepair/comments/1xk6tkj/olympia_sg3_right_margin_stop/

The right margin on the Olympia SG3 is a known thing:<br /> - https://typewriter.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=27528#p27528<br /> - https://typewriter.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=3521

They say roughly what my experience is with both of my Olympia SG3 right margins: - If you're typing characters, the line lock will engage and require you to hit the margin release to continue. - If you're tabbing, spacing, or using the carriage release you'll blow right through the margin and can keep typing.

The number of spaces from bell to margin will differ based on the pitch of the machine as will the number of spaces one would need to space past the margin before the line lock disengages and allows you to type in the margin again.

It was a change in design of how a right margin stop worked in late typewriter manufacture.

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The Haas Atlas (page 7) would identify the foundry mark as being a Hulse-Typen manufactured Pica face for Smith-Corona: https://archive.org/.../typewriter.../page/n5/mode/2up

Page 31 of the 1954 Smith-Corona Typewriter Type Styles and Keyboards Catalog would indicate it seems to match up solidly with the Pica Gothic No. 4 typeface: https://typecast.munk.org/.../1954-smith-corona-scm.../ Especially look at the Q, the J, and the 8. The '64 NOMDA guide Mark links is the same, but doesn't have as extensive a typesample.

Many machines, and especially the American manufactured ones, don't always have foundry marks which line up with the respective catalogs.

Paper PKM, Illustrated<br /> accessed on 2026-11-06T09:18:06

Example of someone's version of a zettelkasten process

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/comments/1xp5ls6/ive_improved_my_zettelkasten_system_what_do_you/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4592924862/large-index-card-planner-organizer

https://www.omegasonics.com/<br /> Omegasonics

Recommended by Lucas Dul as something he uses in his shop.

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Puts about a dozen machines a month through their ultrasonic cleaner. Doesn't rely on it solely due to need for quality control.

https://www.crystal-clean.com/service/parts-cleaners/<br /> Crystal Clean

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reply to u/remy_vega at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wxj0js/olympia_sm3_i_think_acquired_now_to_cleaning_and/

The white material is likely oxidation/corrosion specific to the metal on the piece. I'd guess potentially zinc oxidation. Duane has used lacquer thinner on stuff like this in the past with good results. (See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDpTJ4NQGwk).

However for the material on the keys, you're likely to damage the plastic on them. For this part you could spot test some vinegar as a means of removing the oxidation without damaging the keytops. Try it out on one key to see how well it works. If it helps, you can remove the keytops individually. (See: https://youtu.be/XRm0VH42y1s?si=P0D1L9bm8uMRSJDC&t=867) I might also try a thin/skinny brass bristle brush either before, or in combination. (See: https://boffosocko.com/2024/12/01/typewriter-tools-upgrade/#Typewriter%20Cleaning%20Tools)

See another occurrence at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1x2drma/olympia_sm2_restoration/ where kizeer reported success at my method by saying:

Thanks for the links! I started to remove the key caps and soak them in vinegar and brush the rest off which seemed to work fine. Just having some issues to remove the first row of key caps (1,2,3,..). I guess I need to remove the case/housing first.

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No Country for Old Typewriters: A Well-Used One Heads to Auction<br /> by [[Patricia Cohen]] - The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T23:19:34

McCarthy also had a Royal typewriter in the early 60s.

Josh Brolin Never Thought He’d End Up in Malibu<br /> by [[Nick Haramis]] - The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T23:18:16

Josh Brolin has one of Cormac McCarthy's Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriters.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F5BH2JT?binding=hardcover<br /> Writings of Charles S Peirce (7 book series)

Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and Professor X on ‘X-Men,’ Dies at 86<br /> by [[Anita Gates]], [[William McDonald]] The New York Times accessed on 2026-11-04T22:40:39

A Cynical Ploy to Block California’s Wealth Tax<br /> by [[Marc Novicoff]] The Atlantic<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T22:38:56

https://cormacmccarthy.lib.utk.edu/home

reply to u/Prince_naveen at https://reddit.com/r/math/comments/1xmn4c6/for_those_of_us_postponing_grad_school_and/

Who says anyone needs to "quit" math anyway?!? If you love it, practice it as a hobby. Work on problems in your spare time. If there are nearby colleges, take courses go to lectures and colloquia. (I've been taking various subjects in the math departments of UCLA, USC, and Caltech near me for over 20 years now. Here's a recent example of one: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1vnknqu/in_the_los_angeles_area_and_looking_to_expand/) Find conferences via the AMS.

Even people like novelist Cormac Mccarthy read mathematics throughout their adult lives. A research project has been cataloging his personal library of over 20,000 volumes and a huge number of them were in math. https://cormacmccarthy.lib.utk.edu/home?search_api_fulltext=mathematics Later in life he joined his friend Murray Gell-Man at the Santa Fe Institute for "fun".

There's lots of math out there, you just have to look a bit to keep it in your life.

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Justice Alito Will Not Retire From Supreme Court Immediately, Despite Election Outcome<br /> by [[Ann E. Marimow]] - The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T22:00:24

Opinion | Jon Ossoff Suddenly Looks Even More Presidential - The New York Times<br /> by [[Peter Beinart]]<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T21:57:47

Trump Emerges After the Midterms: ‘Did You Guys See the Helipad?’<br /> by [[Shawn McCreesh]] - The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T21:51:30

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California 2026: Live Midterm Election Results - The New York Times<br /> by [[The New York Times]]<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T21:43:41

Simon Winchester, Author of ‘The Professor and the Madman,’ Has Died<br /> by [[Alan Cowell]] - The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2026-11-04T19:12:21

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xo5b5r/custom_made_esperanto_machine_by_me/

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xnbahv/hermes_baby_help/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/377616520971

A French Royal O typewriter with Vogue offered at $990.

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xnsv4j/smith_corona_super_sterling_question/

Beginning of a holiday gift giving guide for the typewriter enthusiast in your life:

Repair person:

Some ideas for typewriter tools: https://boffosocko.com/tag/typewriter-tools/ including:<br /> - Paul at Bremerton Typewriter has reproduction segment picks that make solid stocking stuffers. - Crawford Tools has some great oilers and spring hooks.

Typewriter repair manuals are great to build up your library: https://www.lulu.com/search?adult_audience_rating=00&contributor=Ted+Munk&page=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=PRODUCT_SALES_90_DAYS

Shelving that will fit heavy standards is always a true "gift".

Bulk ribbon from Fine Line Ribbon in Texas is lovely.

If your rich uncle asks: https://www.safety-kleen.com/services/parts-washers/solvent-parts-washers

reply to u/Fireflystudio at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xn596e/remington_identification_help/

They (the serial number prefix JT) sort of appear at https://typewriterdatabase.com/remington.42.typewriter-serial-number-database but as J, SJ, and EJT.

You'll find two of them on https://typewriterdatabase.com/Remington.Standard.42.bmys. Your serial number seems to line up with the other Italian made ones, but the database doesn't seem to have any detail about years of manufacture for those serial numbers. Because they're fairly serious collectors who've listed theirs as early 1960s models (196X), yours was probably also early 1960s. The shift from the green keys to the white/gray chicklet design can be seen at the break between 1959 and 1960 for the Remington Quiet-Riter Eleven: https://typewriterdatabase.com/Remington.Quiet-Riter+Eleven.42.bmys

Presumably the primary prefix model letter for the Remington Standard is "J" and the additional letters either indicate the factory/country of manufacture or other functionality. (Remington often added the letter "T" to some models to indicate tabulator or decimal tabulator, though in this case, as a standard, a simple tabulator would have been implied. Perhaps in your model's case the "T" stands for Torino which is likely the plant it was manufactured in in Italy. See also: https://www.nytimes.com/1951/10/08/archives/remington-rand-to-build-in-italy-company-to-construct-large-plant.html

The SJ models seem to be from England, FJ models in France and another CJ model, potentially from Canada? Some additional research ought to uncover if this hypothesis holds.

Torino, Italy

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xn596e/remington_identification_help/

Prior to this in the late 40s and early 50s were the Remington 17 and KMC versions before they switched to the Remington Super-Riter. This one with the push and slide margin controls marks it as a Remington Standard.

There are only a few models in the database that have this body finish and "chicklet" style keys (Both James Grooms and Richard Polt have them), but perhaps this was a tooling change when they moved manufacture out of the US to Italy some time around 1962?

These were used by Robby the Robot, Lina Wertmuller, and Grace Kelly. Mel Gibson's character used one in the 1982 movie The Year of Living Dangerously.

Your machine should have the Fold-A-Matic feature which should help you clean out the internals: https://boffosocko.com/2024/12/06/using-the-fold-a-matic-feature-of-the-remington-standard-to-clean-oil-and-adjust/

Should you need to replace some of the internal rubber grommets: https://boffosocko.com/2026/02/23/rubber-grommet-repair-on-remington-super-riters-and-standards/

The manual: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/RemingtonSuper-Riter.pdf

There was a laterRemington 19 which had a plastic body and similar "chicklet" keys that showed up in the early 60s,

via James Grooms: https://typewriterdatabase.com/196x-remington-standard.23240.typewriter

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double-check the quote verbiage

1945 Remington Rand C — Full Restoration of a Flea Market Typewriter

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Listed as a full restoration, but really only a reasonable refurbishing. Paint job, but no new rubber at all....

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xly6lg/ribbon_comparison_uk/

The white correction part is dry white correction material on film. It's supposed to be that way. The black is the part that ought to be wet with ink. I don't think that anyone makes the older bichrome correction ribbon anymore. There's still NOS out there, but I generally don't recommend it as, though it may work, it throws flecks of white into your segment and onto your typebars. It makes a heck of a mess and is a pain to clean up.

If you need it, you can find old correction tabs out there or correction tape which is far easier (and cleaner) to use.

Better ribbon can be found here: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-faq.html#q1

Reply to u/OalBlunkont at https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xkpg95/ribbon_for_brother_charger_11c/

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Check source on the quote.

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Valentine di Olivetti: la storia della macchina da scrivere portatile<br /> Bazaar<br /> accessed on 2026-10-30T17:45:34

I Know What's in Richard Burton's Case, But What About Marlon Brando's Case?<br /> by [[Robert Messenger]] in oz.Typewriter<br /> accessed on 2026-10-30T17:34:08

Richard Burton had a red Olivetti Valentine with a Cymru flag sticker on it. <br />

Marlon Brando travelling in August 1953 with what appears to be a Smith-Corona portable typewriter.

Orson Welles with an Underwood Noiseless, a Royal Standard, an Underwood four bank, and a Lexikon 80E Electric. <br />

Touching Grass and Powder Coating Typewriters<br /> by [[maryech]] myoldtypewriter<br /> accessed on 2026-10-30T13:12:27

reply to u/MorsaTamalera at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1xjo3ly/do_my_type_pieces_seem_ok_or_do_they_need_cleaning/

During a period when people got their machines serviced regularly, the general advice was to bush out the slugs with a stiff bristle brush (firm toothbrushes make a reasonable tool here) once every eight hours of typing. See: https://youtu.be/ocdxgkxKAKo?si=Qz5PSud60SYGVvH6&t=328

If you've got some dirtier slugs, a degreaser like mineral spirits in combination with a a brass bristle brush can be used to better effect. Some also use pins, toothpicks, or even dental picks to clean out the harder to clean loops of letters like a, e, b, g, d, etc.

A variety of solvents can be used if you don't have any mineral spirits on hand including isopropyl alcohol, fingernail polish remover, lighter fluid, or even gasoline and kerosene (though obviously take care that your cigarettes and open flames aren't around). See also: https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/09/on-colloquial-advice-for-degreasing-cleaning-and-oiling-manual-typewriters/#nail-polish%20remover

Dust getting into the typebar segment often causes sticky typebars. via https://youtu.be/ocdxgkxKAKo?si=jpfcAIpE3ZfNkP8b&t=298

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Gaiman, Neil. 2021. American Gods: A Novel. 10th Anniversary. New York: William Morrow Paperbacks.

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What Happened at L.A. Taco - Memo Torres<br /> by [[Memo Torres]]<br /> accessed on 2026-10-27T10:53:42

Josh Brolin: ‘I used to drop acid and walk naked in the desert’<br /> by [[Richard Grant]]<br /> accessed on 2026-10-26T22:00:49

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Typewriter Video Series Episode 393: Woz Flint Interview<br /> by Joe Van Cleave

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Two Years After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth<br /> by [[Richard Grant]]<br /> accessed on 2026-10-25T14:02:31

Could this be because of the age and generation of writers writing at the time he was reading?

Compare with Neil Howe's thesis in The Fourth Turning.

An example of poverty, scarcity mindset and hoarding as a symptom.

Cormack McCarthy had a library of approximately 20,000 volumes

Ernest Hemingway had a personal library of approximately 9,000 volumes.

If this is the case, I worry that there may be something poorly adjusted on your machine.

These standards were designed for offices using thicker carbon packs of 10 or more sheets of paper for carbon copies at the same time. I can easily roll a stack of 13 standard Oxford index cards (approximately a tenth of an inch!) into my SG1 at the same time. It's only when I go over this that problems begin.

I just tried it as an experiment, but if I'm careful, I can put a piece of corrugated cardboard from a standard Amazon box into my SG1 and type on it. (Hint for those considering it: the corrugation doesn't give the best results from an imprint standpoint. The machine is also going to compress the cardboard and put "wrinkles" into the corrugation as it winds through the platen.)

If the bigger standards aren't going to handle the thickness of card stock you're attempting to type on the portables and ultraportables are going to be even worse.

Reply to u/arightler at tk

As one of the few here who may be typing on a regular basis on index cards, I'd generally recommend standard typewriters (which have larger diameter platens and thus handle thicker cardstock better) which also have either card fingers or Perspex card guides. These latter will help hold the card to the platen for a better imprint and make the process much quieter. Any of the Royal standards (all of which have card fingers) here would be great (KHM, KMM, KMG, HH, FP, etc.) or the Olympia SG1 which has Perspex guides.

You can get away with portables, but they're not as great for regular card work (smaller diameter platens). I might recommend one of the Smith-Corona Series 4 or 5 machines as long as they've got adjustable card fingers. (In the late 50's typically only the Silent-Super model had card fingers, but earlier models often had them as well.) Most of the Olympia SM series (2-9) will do relatively well as they all have Perspex card guides.

Ultra-portables, with their miniscule platens and barely extant/broadly useless paper bails, will be the worst possible option. Most don't have fingers or card guides at all. I highly recommend against them for this work. If you insist on using one for it, DON'T every try anything else as you'll discover how bad these are for this work and it will utterly ruin you.

Grippy platens and paper bail rollers with nice tension along with card fingers/Perspex are usually required for being able to type all the way to the bottom of a card or label cleanly.

For quickly doing labels or small cards, some of the advanced typing techniques in this video will help: https://youtu.be/JUJfCfqgsX0?si=li5bPyn8NdAr2F69&t=1649

Create a small zig-zag fold into a piece of paper to create a pocket slot which can be Scotch taped on either side. This template paper can then be inserted so that the pocket is visible above the writing line, but the paper below it is still in the platen. The label or card can be placed into the pocket and the platen reversed to feed the label or card in backwards to the desired typing line. Using a v-groove or hole in the typing line can create a pencil line to serve as a guide for inserting many labels at the same place so that the typing lines up between labels.

Some offices had special platens for holding cards like this.

Pockets like this can also be used to hold the page to add additional lines at the bottom of pages. Deeper pockets may need to be used for doing this with carbon packs whose carbons are longer than the pages.

Alternately one can do something similar by creating a inverted u-shaped set of slits into an index card to hold such labels.

My usual typewriter recommendations and some information on the market:

• On Purchasing Typewriters: Condition is King; Context is Queen 
• First Time Typewriter Purchases with Specific Recommendations for Writers

https://www.uline.com/BL_3867/Wide-Span-Storage-Racks-Particle-Board

James Grooms uses something similar in his typewriter collection.

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How to Use the Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel in Eight Steps<br /> by [[Specialty Coffee Association]]<br /> accessed on 2026-10-23T14:22:12

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archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20180918204922im_/http://www.scanews.coffee/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SCA-WCR-Flavor-Wheel-768x996.png

Coffee grind size chart:<br /> https://honestcoffeeguide.com/coffee-grind-size-chart/

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Understanding the Zettelkasten as an "Asymmetric" Communication Partner<br /> by [[Bob Doto]]<br /> accessed on 2026-10-22T08:27:48

Repairing a 1961 Olympia SF

https://www.kores.com/product/ribbons/<br /> Kores manufactures typewriter ribbons and cassettes out of Europe:<br /> Leopold Ungar Platz 2/ Office 334<br /> 1190 Vienna, Austria

They sell on Amazon in the UK. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=kores+typewriter+ribbon

See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1x5gurr/a_company_founded_in_1912_is_still_selling_silk/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTypingRoom/comments/1x7optf/does_the_paper_change_the_way_you_write/

See also commentary at https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTypingRoom/comments/1x7optf/does_the_paper_change_the_way_you_write/

What effect does the quality of paper have on what we write?

https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1x92f53/the_hunter_never_sleeps/

u/Jbhusker is a typewriter collector from Nebraska who lives in the midwest.

u/MicroProf is a typewriter collector in Lincoln, NE

https://www.conejomountain.com/obituaries/Gerard-William-Lynham?obId=48648853<br /> Gerard William Lynham <br /> July 26, 1946 - June 5, 2026

via u/Koponewt (Pelicram) at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1x8uddf/is_there_a_way_to_unspool_this_it_seems_pinned_in/

On removing a ball bearing in a typewriter spool that's being used to friction fit a ribbon into a typewriter spool.

This passage provides a sort of personality to donkeys in an Aesopian manner.

More importantly it seems like it may be the inspiration for the donkey sequence in Carlo Collodi's Pinnochio.

More of Meno's definition of virtue

Meno's definition of a man's virtue

https://www.reddit.com/r/FieldNuts/comments/1x3gkdt/how_do_you_guys_store_yours/

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicfilms/comments/1x6fov2/bogart_is_ideal_for_it_and_it_is_being_written/

Hal B. Wallis, producer, had a Royal Vogue typewriter in his office.

When Jack Warner Stole Casablanca Academy Award from Hal Wallis<br /> by [[Chris Yogerst]] for The Hollywood Reporter accessed on 2026-10-17T23:25:22

Mesothelioma Lawsuit Cites Asbestos in IBM Selectric Typewriters<br /> by [[Terri Oppenheimer]]<br /> accessed on 2026-10-17T23:00:20

Lawsuit with claims of asbestos exposure from use of typewriters stemming from typebar rests and other parts, but without any direct evidence of asbestos in the claimed machines.

Importantly here:

The claim does not specify exactly where or how much asbestos was used in the products, or how the victim’s exposure to asbestos in IBM equipment can be differentiated from other occupational or personal exposures the victim may have had.

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1x6pu1d/royal_kmm_and_asbestos/

How a Mechanical Typewriter Works by [[Animagraffs]]

https://olivertypewriters.com/models

via u/Ok-Attempt-3727

Host of type-in announced for 2027-01-16 at https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1x74py3/los_angeles_type_in/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopography

https://archive.org/search?query=office+appliances&tab=all

Solvent Parts Washers<br /> https://www.safety-kleen.com/services/parts-washers/solvent-parts-washers