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196X* Olivetti Lettera 32 Serial # 0257855 196X* Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter, Serial # 0257855 Gal Kaminka's 196X* Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter. 2017-12-27 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Gal Kaminka: 196X* Olivetti Lettera 32 Serial # 0257855 Hebrew keyboard, unknown year.
Note the "1" keycap, missing from English versions.

Serial number does not seem to match the database.

Back plate reads "Made by Olivetti", no location.

196X* Olivetti Lettera 32 #0257855

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Gal Kaminka (galk)
Created: 12-27-2017 at 10:36AM
Last Edit: 12-27-2017 at 11:01AM


Description:

Hebrew keyboard, unknown year.
Note the "1" keycap, missing from English versions.

Serial number does not seem to match the database.

Back plate reads "Made by Olivetti", no location.

Typeface Specimen:

Photos:

Hebrew keyboard. Note the currency key (top left, one row down -- just below +/=) indicates older Israeli currency, which was used 1952-1980.
Hebrew keyboard. Note the currency key (top left, one row down -- just below +/=) indicates older Israeli currency, which was used 1952-1980.

Serial number - not in database.
Serial number - not in database.

Short typeface example -- my name in Hebrew. Note small and larger font -- lower and upper case have no meaning in Hebrew, so Olivetti just used two font sizes.
Short typeface example -- my name in Hebrew. Note small and larger font -- lower and upper case have no meaning in Hebrew, so Olivetti just used two font sizes.

Hunter: Gal Kaminka (galk)

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Professor of computer science, specializing in artificial intelligence and robotics. Something about old machines is just really attractive...

Focus in this collection: Hebrew, Yiddish, or bilingual typewriters.



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