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The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century
The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century | Richard Polt
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The connoisseur's guide to the typewriter, entertaining and practical What do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists, and musicians have in common? They love typewritersthe magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in the 21st century, striking a blow for self-reliance, privacy, and coherence against dependency, surveillance, and disintegration. The Typewriter Revolution documents the movement and provides practical advice on how to choose a typewriter, how to care for it, and what to do with itfrom National Novel Writing Month to letter-writing socials, from type-ins to typewritten blogs, from custom-painted typewriters to typewriter tattoos. It celebrates the unique quality of everything typewriter, fully-illustrated with vintage photographs, postcards, manuals, and more.
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Fun book: I jumped around a lot. Along with the romance and nostalgia comments, Polt emphasizes that 20 & 30 year-olds love typewriters for rebellion against today‘s norms, for feeling unplugged. I enjoyed the guides to brands of typewriters and their strengths, & the inroads presented to this and other analog communities (type-ins sound like fun.) I‘ve written untold papers & letters on my typewriter, the clatter redolent of childhood memories.

Suet624 I use the typewriter at work whenever possible. And I‘m pretty darn old. 😀 4y
Hamlet @Suet624 Three cheers for those of us old enough to know their value! 4y
Outermostslp1 *ding!* 4y
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“Put a computer in front of people and they‘ll probably gravitate to their usual sources of messages, updates, and entertainment. Put a typewriter in front of people and they‘ll want to write from within. The typewriter doesn‘t push ‘content‘ at them; it draws words from them.”

Suet624 Lovely quote and lovely typewriter. 4y
JuniperWilde Lovely typewriter 🇫🇮 2y
Hamlet @JuniperWilde Thanks! My brother put the flag on the typewriter after a trip to Finland. I‘ve never been there, but I‘m a big fan of The Kalevala, so that‘s a start. (I still have the typewriter in regular use.) 2y
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My '55 Hermes Baby 🤘🏽

KarenUK 😍😍 8y
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katedensen Gorgeous! 8y
Redwritinghood Love it! 💕💕 8y
RohitSawant Beautiful! 8y
Izai.Amorim And the backup was called carbon paper.😃 8y
Tanner Nice! 8y
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