1969 Facit 1620 #P698782
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jonathan Crowe (mcwetboy)
Created: 03-17-2021 at 03:02PM
Last Edit: 10-23-2022 at 09:06AM
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Description:
Standard Elite typeface. Acquired in February 2021. A carriage or escapement issue sent it flying if the typewriter was left unused for too long and it was not always easy to make it stop; this was solved with a good cleaning. It also throws an extra space from time to time, probably when you type on it too hard (as I've been known to do) and the desk is not stable enough. Gonna keep an eye on that.
Its touch is extraordinarily pleasant and I want to keep typing on it.
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Hunter: Jonathan Crowe (mcwetboy)
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Jonathan Crowe blogs about maps at The Map Room and writes about science fiction and fantasy; his work has been published by AE, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Strange Horizons and Tor.com. He lives in Shawville, Quebec.
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