Friday 18 November 2011

Typewriter with a surprise!

Just found this lovely pastel blue typewriter, okay, nice colour...



BUT...


it types in joined up writing!




It's an Olympia De Luxe typewriter from the sixties and the first I've seen in the flesh that has the cursive font. When I picked it up it was in a sorry state, living in an old suitcase, and after a few hours of cleaning it has come up okay.

I'll have to dig out the Olivetti Valentines I have hidden away and makes me pine for the Olivetti 22 and 32s I had last year.


This has, you may say unfortunately, re-ignited my love of typewriters and made me wish I could use one everyday but just can't think of a reason to. Sad times.