1972 Olympia SG3 #7-28855025
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)
Created: 10-28-2014 at 10:52AM
Last Edit: 10-28-2014 at 10:56AM
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Description:
This typewriter has an unusual keyboard: engineering? architecture? programming?
For a while it was used in a TV station, but I don't think that's the intended use of the keyboard. (Why would they need Ď?)
The typeface is Modern Pica.
While I don't love the styling of this typewriter, it has an incredibly smooth, easy, and precise action. The typing with a cloth ribbon is almost as crisp as if you were using a carbon ribbon.
This machine is currently serving as a public typewriter in my office building.
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