Typewriter HistoryThe Shift Key Wars: How Single-Shift and Double-Shift Designs Split the MarketFor forty years, typewriter makers argued over whether one shift key was enough or two were necessary. The answer determined keyboard layout, typeface count, and the feel of every machine built between 1890 and 1930.Tag
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Typewriter HistoryThe Shift Key Wars: How Single-Shift and Double-Shift Designs Split the MarketFor forty years, typewriter makers argued over whether one shift key was enough or two were necessary. The answer determined keyboard layout, typeface count, and the feel of every machine built between 1890 and 1930.
Typewriter HistoryOlivetti Lettera 32: The Italian Portable That Designed Itself Into the MuseumDesigned by Marcello Nizzoli in 1963, the Lettera 32 was small enough to travel and beautiful enough to enter the permanent collection of MoMA. Sixty years later it is still the most-recommended vintage portable in the hobby.