...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.

A preview of .......?

 

This has got to be one of my favorite typefaces in the collection.  That said, it takes a lot to beat out Techno.   This new one could very well be the favorite one.

Royal HHP a.k.a. the HH

This is my stand-up typing desk.  The HHP sits on top of 2 old speakers at one end of the work bench. This could be captioned A Contrast in Technologies.  The computer is reflecting the ceiling light.

All I did to this one is blow the dust out of it and install a fresh ribbon from Jay Respler.

This is quite like it looked when I received it.

My favorite feature, an easy to read, accurate position indicator.

These are the card guides that flip down by a little lever beside each one.

I ran out of paper.  The last of this section is repeated below.

All the text in the original is clear.  For some reason it blurred.  Blogger is too finicky to remove and try to insert an image.  So please pardon the blurrs.

This little cover flips forward to open allowing removal of the cylinder.

Here it is.  Royal's own name for the ribbon carrier and cylinder.

There are D-shapes in the left end of the platen that fit over the drive pin.

Thought I'd start adding serial number locations.  All I need to do is remember to do it with all typewriters.

I wanted to title this post H-Squared mathematically, but one of the features Blogger lacks is the ability to superscript in the title. I tried coding it and the title does not let me enter html code either.  I thought He2P or H^2P may not be clear to someone not in programming or engineering or math.