Uppercase living

Filed under: Typecast — olivander July 12, 2008 @ 12:16 am


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  1. Wow, what great paper.

    I can see the image in Safari, not in Firefox, as you said. Weird.

    Comment by Strikethru — July 12, 2008 @ 2:26 pm

  2. I tried to reopen the file here on my computer and got an invalid jpeg format error; it may have corrupted. I resaved it without the color profile and re-uploaded it, and now it seems fine in Firefox.

    The paper is OfficeMax brand ivory pastel. Not high-end. About $7/ream. it fairly closely matches the look of authentic old telegram paper.

    Comment by olivander — July 12, 2008 @ 3:57 pm

  3. By the way, have you come across this page about the Royal Signet?

    Comment by Strikethru — July 13, 2008 @ 12:48 pm

  4. You’re such a tease, Olivander. Are you worried some lust-filled typer will swoop in and steal your find?

    Well, you probably should be.

    ahem.

    Comment by duffymoon — July 14, 2008 @ 8:01 am

  5. Strikethru: yeah, I’ve seen that one before. I don’t really care for their representation of Depression-era portables. Some of us really like them. Yes, it’s skimpy and tinny, but it’s held up better over the years than anything made today will.

    Duffy: according to Rehr, there are about half a dozen known surviving specimens of this particular machine. So yes, I’m being deliberately coy.

    Comment by olivander — July 14, 2008 @ 1:17 pm

  6. “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
    “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine typewriters, and upon finding one typewriter of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

    Comment by duffymoon — July 16, 2008 @ 7:50 am

  7. Yeah, except if he wants too much for it, I’m not going to sell all my other typewriters in order to buy it; I’m going to go, “Screw you, Mr Antiques Dealer!”

    Comment by olivander — July 16, 2008 @ 8:21 am

  8. Duffy and the Remington Gospels.

    I want a machine that types in italics. You’d better hide yours, mister.

    Can’t wait to see the mystery machine. Go take out a loan or something so we can oooh and aaah.

    Comment by monda — July 18, 2008 @ 6:29 am

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