- JanetLand
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Wow, that typeface is beautiful.
- beak
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Yes, I like it a good deal. I can't remember the name for this sort of typeface; can anyone here enlighten us?
Senator?
Senatorial?
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Thread Starter- beak
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JanetLand wrote:Thanks! Close study shows it to be 'Sight Saver no. 30'. I'd never have know otherwise.
Great collection of typefaces - many of which I'd love to have.
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Thread Starter- Kasper
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Morning all. I don't have it in my possession but I have seen a beautiful Olympia typewriter with an italic font... too nice, very jealous...
"...as if you could kill time without injuring eternity".
- Uwe
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Picked up an interesting typewriter today, which is in perfect condition except for one thing: the right side platen knob must have broken off and was replaced with this odd plasic knob that looks like it was stolen from a curtian rod!
1962 Triumph Matura Super (1860901)
11 pitch - 45 keys - 89 characters
Made in Germany.
Black and green ribbon. Nice!
- thetypewriterman
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That missing platen knob looks very similar to the one fitted to the Adler 131d electric typewriter, made into the late 1970's - except that the Adler one would be dark grey. Same factory of course - they probably re-used the mould for a later model. I should think that the Matura is pretty rare, but you might be able to pick up a non-working Adler electic for next to nothing.
- Uwe
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Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, Adler machines are fairly rare on this side of the pond - Triumph even more so. I don't recall having ever seen an Adler electric here, but at least now I know that there are options. If the knob was the same as the left end one I'd have something to make a copy from, but that isn't the case. What's on there now is absolutely heinous - but it works - so it might be a while before I'll have the pleasure of tearing it off and pitching it.
- beak
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I lke the above typeface - have nothing like that. But here's a nice typeface on a machine I bought just the other day, an Olympia SF De Luxe [edit: see next post], which though small, and with no tabulator, is a nice enough typer, and very well made. A true portable too.
SF = 'Screibmaschine flach': flat typewriter.
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Beak, that's an Olympia SF De Luxe. The reason I point this out is that the SF had a more rounded case, chrome trim under the ribbon cover, and didn't come with a ribbon colour selector. Based on the line space lever on your machine I'd say it's from the mid to late '60s.
