Joe's ABQ Made The Headlines

Looks like Joe Van Cleave's First Annual ABQ made a long trip to a local Indiana newspaper. A co-worker of mine just handed me a cut-out article from the paper and I instantly recognized Joe's name. Here is the link to the online version.

It's always fun to read about typewriters and type-ins in the news!

Writer's Block

Or... "A bunch of actors getting in the way of a nicely lit typewriter shot."

Enjoy!

Writer's Block - A Supercut from Ben Watts on Vimeo.

Royal Typewriter Becomes Sentient, Invades Internet

...or more correctly, San Francisco Chronicle pop culture editor Peter Hartlaub found at least one  Royal KMG down in the photo archives, and wrote a blog entry on it. In a move that should surprise nobody here, it types right away, with nary a hiccup.

What's more, it's started tweeting (@NewsTypewriter) perhaps channeling the spirit of SF's beloved Herb Caen, who put his own Royals through their paces. Is this one of his castoff machines? It would be interesting to dig out the provenance.

I can personally attest to the good quality of a KMG. A trip to a local repair shop like California Typewriter might be all this typer needs for another half-century of function.

If the Exhibits Won't Come to the Typewriter...

...the typewriter must go to the exhibits. The mobile office, circa 1939

from Modern Mechanix

Courier Prime

A redone version of an old favorite font (Courier). One of the inspirations for the italic typestyle?

Other Couriers just slant the letters to create faux italics. We give you a whole new face, modeled off the “casual” script of vintage typewriters, that looks magnifique.

http://quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime/