Comments on: Typing about Typing http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327 Letting the air out Thu, 17 May 2012 22:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Strikethru http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327&cpage=1#comment-5632 Strikethru Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:52:12 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327#comment-5632 IMHO, more people ought to be wanking about typewriters. Wait. That didn't come out right. IMHO, more people ought to be wanking about typewriters. Wait. That didn’t come out right.

]]> By: monda http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327&cpage=1#comment-5631 monda Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:41:54 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327#comment-5631 "Typographic wanking..." It's true. That's what we do. I even had to begin a whole other blog just so I could obsess without running off all my regular blog readers. I honestly don't think we can help it. That said, I have a Studio 44 like yours - pure misery to type on. I've taken it to the wizard and everything - it's so different from the the little Lettera. I refuse to get rid of it, though. It's got a crazy-gorgeous cursive typeface. “Typographic wanking…” It’s true. That’s what we do. I even had to begin a whole other blog just so I could obsess without running off all my regular blog readers. I honestly don’t think we can help it.

That said, I have a Studio 44 like yours – pure misery to type on. I’ve taken it to the wizard and everything – it’s so different from the the little Lettera.

I refuse to get rid of it, though. It’s got a crazy-gorgeous cursive typeface.

]]> By: James Watterson http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327&cpage=1#comment-5630 James Watterson Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:34:22 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327#comment-5630 I know what you mean. Going from my skyriter to the SM9 does feel a bit like an endurance run although it's personal preference. I would love a Desktop SG1 and have some shock absorbers under each key but hey, I'm not so lucky... Someday though... I know what you mean. Going from my skyriter to the SM9 does feel a bit like an endurance run although it’s personal preference. I would love a Desktop SG1 and have some shock absorbers under each key but hey, I’m not so lucky… Someday though…

]]> By: mpclemens http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327&cpage=1#comment-5629 mpclemens Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:25:01 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327#comment-5629 Hrm. I think this has got to be a matter of personal touch, and probably machine adjustment. Both my Studio 44 and my SM9 are wonderful to type on (and comparable, both being pretty heavy machines.) The Olympia is crisp and quick and telepathic, the Olivetti almost lunges for the page. It's not easy to hop between them in the same session, but once adjusted, I feel fine using either. Perhaps I just have promiscuous fingers. The Lettera-clone that I once had and eventually gave away did feel like I was rattling along the guard-rail of a cliffside drive, though. Anything could happen with that machine. Hrm. I think this has got to be a matter of personal touch, and probably machine adjustment. Both my Studio 44 and my SM9 are wonderful to type on (and comparable, both being pretty heavy machines.) The Olympia is crisp and quick and telepathic, the Olivetti almost lunges for the page. It’s not easy to hop between them in the same session, but once adjusted, I feel fine using either. Perhaps I just have promiscuous fingers.

The Lettera-clone that I once had and eventually gave away did feel like I was rattling along the guard-rail of a cliffside drive, though. Anything could happen with that machine.

]]> By: Mike.Speegle http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327&cpage=1#comment-5628 Mike.Speegle Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:10:58 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=327#comment-5628 Yeah, that's what the interwebs seem to be made specifically for: wanking in full view of the public. ...ew. Anyway, it pains me to say so, but I feel the same way about my Olympia. After using my almost <i>too</i> user friendly Lettera 23, hacking out a page on the slightly stiff SM9 feels like an endurance trial. Yeah, that’s what the interwebs seem to be made specifically for: wanking in full view of the public.

…ew.

Anyway, it pains me to say so, but I feel the same way about my Olympia. After using my almost too user friendly Lettera 23, hacking out a page on the slightly stiff SM9 feels like an endurance trial.

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