The Typewriter Revolution blog

Isn't this a handsome typewriter?

Accompanied by my friend Q. and her Royal O, I sat yesterday in the lobby of Xavier's main classroom building with my Underwood Champion and invited passers-by to "Ask A.I.*" These were the results.

This is how street views of pedestrian areas get made for Apple Maps.

Call for submissions MAINSPRINGS Tales of Typewriters in the Age of AI edited by Richard Polt, Frederic S.

A few years ago, a typewriter came to me—a Smith-Corona electric portable, I believe—with a variety of papers inside the case.

Author Ross Dunbar kindly sent me a copy of Click Clack Boom, the first in his Blackjack Harrigan Files series.

The Complete Manufacturing Process of a Vintage Typewriter: Archival Engineering Reconstruction—1930–1938 is a 73-page book published in 2025 by Type Space in Portland, Oregon.

These screenshots come from a YouTube video titled "10 Antique Typewriters in Your Attic Worth a Fortune!

This is a typewriter typeface??

Now that Charlene Oesch of Baco Ribbons has passed away, many in the typosphere have been wondering what will become of her rare typewriter-inking equipment.

From my novel Evertype.

For all you goths out there ...

Ralph Nader (born 1934, still active today) is a consumer advocate and political leader who interviewed me for his radio show in 2016.

Trevor Brumfield at work: Two big '70s Royals ... but the one on the left is really an Adler.

On Typewriter Day (June 23), a typospherian in Uruguay who prefers to remain anonymous took the initiative to leave typewritten notes of encouragement in public places.

Many typists, including me, were sad to learn that Charlene Oesch died recently.

The Fox Typewriter Co. of Grand Rapids produced some of the finest and most beautiful typewriters ever (much more here).

A tech guy decides to call it quits.

I just reduced my typewriters by about 2/3: in approximate numbers, I sold 100 machines and gave away 100 parts machines, leaving 100 in my collection.

This megadoodle by yours truly appears on the cover of the new QWERTY Quarterly, the official publication of QWERTYFEST MKE.

I don't even remember where they all came from: these mutilated, disabled writing machines loaded onto my basement shelves.

In April I posted about the wooden typewriter from Chinese model kit company ROKR.

My efforts to sell much of my collection have been successful.

My list of nearly 200 typewriters for sale went out to about 300 people on Saturday morning.

Seen on eBay this morning.

Psst!

Now on The Classic Typewriter Page.