Wednesday, November 20, 2013

...And The Winner Is...A 1969 Olympia SM9 with #41 Professional Elite Typeface






Typeface identification courtesy of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk.

More on Professional Elite and an SM3 can be found here courtesy of Dwayne F.

6 comments:

  1. Definitely a great typeface. It would be neat interchanging typewriters during writing a document to add italics and boldface by using an italic typeface and a congress typeface as well as a standard elite or pica. With three similar Olympias it could be possible since the typefaces would line up exactly and you could re-position the paper accurately in the next machine compared to the previous...

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  2. It really is a pleasing typeface to read on the page. It even conveys a sense of urgency.

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  3. Excellent! The typeface looks great.

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  4. Very nice typeface. Good luck on your typewriter hunting trip.

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  5. Gorgeous. Ah, those were times, when we hacked away on those old typewriters ... and despaired over every typo. But they do have great typefaces.

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