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Royal #10 with teletype font
Good day! Recently purchased a Royal (Regal refurbished) #10. It is unusual to me as it is a full sized desktop but mounted in a case (heavy black base and metal lid). Also instead of upper and lowercase it has uppercase and the "lowercase" is actually a smaller uppercase like you would see on telegrams or teletype. Anyone have any ideas why or a history? Thanks in advance.
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Re: Royal #10 with teletype font
I believe that is called "double gothic" for the type-font.
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Re: Royal #10 with teletype font
Here is another example :
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Re: Royal #10 with teletype font
Thank you! Good to know. Thinking about listing on Ebay so the more info I have the better.
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Thread Starter- Laurenz van Gaalen
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Re: Royal #10 with teletype font
Double Gothic was touted as billing typeface by Royal in the 1964 NOMDA Blue Book.
The 1968 SCM Typestyles booklet recommended the Elite (double) Gothic for statistical work, addressing, indexing, etc.
RaRo mentions the possibility to use exclusive capitals or lowercase in the 1932 catalogue (essentially giving the typewriter the option to use two type sizes).
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Re: Royal #10 with teletype font
Pookie,
There is a Trader section on this Forum as well. Just need to state a price.
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Re: Royal #10 with teletype font
It is double gothic, I have a Royal HH with this typeface, rather nice. Telegraph machines, otherwise known as Mill typewriters, are characterized by a Zero that has a cross through it.
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