1960 Royal Futura 800 #2A4261719
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mike Harris (Typelahoma)
Created: 01-10-2026 at 04:39PM
Last Edit: 01-10-2026 at 04:40PM
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Description:
I really like the Futura's design and Royal's "Merit" typeface is definitely a selling point, but I wouldn't describe it as the best typer - despite the model reportedly being a favorite of Dwight D. Eisenhower in his post-presidential years. It feels a bit toylike and sounds somewhat hollow when typing, and while neither of those things have an impact on its competency as a typewriter, it doesn't have the same sort of reassuring heft of a lot of the Futura's contemporaries.
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Hunter: Mike Harris (Typelahoma)
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Points: 175
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