Uwe, do you use single- or double spacing? I found double spacing made the print easier to navigate.

I remember a time when I couldn't throw a brick and not have it land on a Royal KMM.  They were everywhere.  Every school I went to had at least one.  I learned how to touch-type on a 1948 model, which I still have, and need to refurbish.  I once had a 1938 model, which I sold.  I have a 1939 model which replaced it.  It still performs beautifully.  But here's the curious thing:  The older KMMs had cast iron cases, while the newer, post-war KMMs and all KMGs (KMMs with detachable platens and gunmetal grey paint) had aluminum cases.  I guess it had something to do with the need for aluminum during World War II.  Another interesting fact (from what I've seen in the way of the typewriters themselves) is that the original design was created in 1938, while the last KMG rolled out in early 1952.

Uwe, you were right: I got used to it pretty quickly. In fact, after using it for a few days, I concluded that this is the better looking of my machines. It exudes efficiency. Sometimes I sit in the atrium and stare at it. It mesmerizes. What surprises me the most, however, is that somehow, the words flow easier with it. The human-machine connection is at its height and most intense. In view of that, I can live with the smaller typeface.