Typewriter typeface manual#

Executive - mainly for Executive correspondence.

PICA double Gothic - for loose Lead Records.

Intermediate PICA - Slightly larger than regular.

Royal had the following typefaces as per their scarce booklet that belongs to our collection: and so on.Īs we Dive through the names and types of Typewriter fonts and typefaces, we have to admit that the Royal Company have always had a special set of typewriter typefaces that are now a favourite for many of the typewriter enthusiast, me included, as many will love to type with the uncommon vogue typeface that was brilliantly designed & looks great on letters and journals. One of the interesting facts about german machines, and specially Olympia, the key heads are numbered to identify the type of the typewriter typeface and compare it to the booklet pictures above.įor example, if you find 84 on the key head, it means the typeface is Congress Elite 11CPI.

Typewriter typeface manual#

We are lucky to have the original manual that shows all the typewriter fonts & typefaces used by the Olympia company. The other Typewriter company that had a nice set of typefaces was Olympia Typewriters. The Picture below will show a rare specimen of all of the above typewriter typefaces and fonts. The Hammond typewriters company issued the following shuttle: Hammond typewriters did use a special removable curved shuttle on their machines and this will allow you to change the typeface of your typewriter by simply changing the shuttle. The first Typewriter model i want to tackle is the Hammond typewriters. there are found on the majority of the typewriters and can be easily found on any machine. The most common typefaces models are Elite Typeface (Usually 11 or 12 CPI) and PICA typeface (usually 10CPI).

Other way to describe the Size is saying, 10 pts/inch that is equivalent to to 10CPI. therefore, a 13CPI typeface is smaller than the 10CPI. The Bigger the CPI, the Smaller is the size of the font. indicating the size of a font.įor example, when i say, its 10CPI, it means, the typeface size is 10 typed characters in one inch ( 2.5cm in metric measurement). In this Blog, i will be sharing with you Special & Original Documents that we have, issued by Typewriter companies illustrating the Typefaces they fitted on the typewriters.įirst of all, i wish to explain the meaning of CPI as we will use it a lot as you read through. Typewriter fonts is a world by it self as we have been working with them since 2016 and we have been able to restore a lot of machines with special typefaces. The Typewriter world is beyond magical, and yes, when you dive into this world, there is no way out as when you start exploring these beautiful machines, you will exploring the different types of typewriter, typewriter history, rare typewriters, scarce typewriters, uncommon colours, and finally, typewriter fonts.