![]() ![]() Some manufacturers and some nations sometimes use other horizontal spacing but those spacings do not have commonly accepted names like 10 and 12 cpi do in the US. Pica gives wider spacing between characters and elite has narrower spacing. In the American typewriter world, pica means ten character per inch horizontally and elite means twelve cpi. Which raises the question: How do you guys set up your typewriter margin stops?ĭon't even know what "Pica just refers to more chars per inch." means nor what you refer to as "normal". I just like things to be aesthetically pleasing. I swear I'm not this obsessive with other aspects of my life. A fix is to have it stop at 95 units, but this will make some sentences overflow past the Word equivalent of the 7.5 inches sweet spot. ![]() To have the equivalent of a justified feel, the best would be to stop at 90 units (which confusingly enough is the equivalent of 6.5 inches, minus margins), but the bell will have it stop around 85 units which will make most lines end a little too soon. Where it gets hazy is where I should end the page. The closest I found to matching this on the typewriter is a 10 unit margin on the right side of the ruler (thus left side of the page), with a 5 unit first sentence indent. This makes the page 6.5 inches specifically from left to right (not including the 1 inch off on left and right). The reason this obsesses me is that for Word for example, there's a 1 inch margin on both sides, as well as a 0.5 first line indent. It's tricky for a perfectionist like myself because it's not EXACTLY an inch. Got a question about cleaning / restoration? mistertopcon has put together quite a handy general cleaning how-to Kijad's "Craigslist magic" guide to buying typewriters. u/pzags41 provided us an excellent writeup of all sorts of paper products and typewriter stationery u/thesimplemachine provided a scanned version of the Typewriter Repair Manual by Howard Hutchison - it is now in the cloud. If you are looking for typewriter ribbons, Ribbons Unlimited has a great selection of high-quality ribbons in standard and non-standard colors. If you don't think you can repair it yourself, here is a comprehensive list of almost all known typewriter repair shops in the world. The Typewriter Wiki is a work in progress, and we need your help and support to finish it! If abused, users and this feature will be removed from the community. Flair must be a specific typewriter machine or company. If you would like flair, please use the "Show my Flair on This Subreddit" and "edit" tab. We have a Discord Server!, come check it out! Sales posts and links to your own sales are not allowed, that content is only allowed at /r/Typewriter_Swap An appreciation for that primal hammer-against-paper feeling when you sling words onto a page.ĭid you break something? We might be able to fix it! Be sure to post photos / an exhaustive description of the problem! Here is a pictorial guide to help with the most common typewriter repairs.Īs per usual, always follow proper reddiquette in your submissions.
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