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Re: Olympia SM Typefaces
fountainpensplus wrote:
... I've been trying to add a photo link from Imgur but no luck so far. Is there something special I need to do other than pasting the link?
Imgur offers several types of image links. The one you're after should end with ".img". I changed the link used in your previous post to the correct one and it should now be visible.
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
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Re: Olympia SM Typefaces
Uwe, thank you for the help. In the photo the top two lines are my SM4s and the bottom is the SM9 with the "rare" Techno font.
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Funny how, in Senatorial, the r, l, I, and i and arguably 7 have serifs in this "sans serif" typeface.... It doesn't look too bad, but would probably be better if it were consistent.
OP, check the very distinctive "y" to confirm it's Senatorial. Other usually distinctive characters are: Q G W M R K g & 4. Of course, others may be different too, but these often show differences.
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M. Höhne, the typeface on my SM9 is a very close match to the sample given by Ted Munk on a page with 1964 NOMDA Blue Book Olympia Font Styles. The serial number dates my typewriter made in 1970. There are minor differences from a document titled "Type Faces for Portable and Standard Olympia Precision Typewriters" which only mentions models SM2 and SM4 and is maybe from the 1960s. The "y" on mine is the distinctive, very nice looking "y" shown on Mr. Munk's page example. It also measures 2.3mm.
I think it is a very nice looking typeface although my older eyes would prefer it just a bit bigger. 
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