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Verticle Cursive Script - Example
There was some over-priced S-C Silent offered for sale for $ 2,500 USD.
Only thing I was curious about was its verticle cursive script (see below).
Bit harder to read that my own penmanship.
I searched the Forum for other examples but did not find any results to my searches.
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- Uwe
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Re: Verticle Cursive Script - Example
Which generation Silent was this installed in? That particular typeface was available for decades, and if it isn't Raro #222, it's certainly very similar to it. I know #222 was available for Underwood, but without knowing what year this Silent dates to, it's hard to comment on the typeface manufacturer.
For what it's worth, I think the use of non-italicized script was far more common in the first half of the 20th century.
Here's one of my machines with the same/similar typeface:
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- M. Höhne
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Pete E. wrote:
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I searched the Forum for other examples but did not find any results to my searches. .... snip ....
You'll probably find some while scrolling through these 1,196 screens >
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Re: Verticle Cursive Script - Example
Hi Pete
A few years ago, I bought a 1955 Smith-Corona Silent-Super S/N 5T-362388X through eBay because it was the Desert Sand colour. The seller evidently didn't know much about typewriters as there was no mention of the typeface. It wasn't until I was unpacking the unit that I realized it had the vertical script typeface. I'll scan and post a picture of the typeface a little later. All the best,
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- Pete E.
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Re: Verticle Cursive Script - Example
Uwe,
Sorry...I did not save a link for the machine only a photo of its print out. That $ 2500 asking price sort of turned me off.
It looks like S-C Script No. 46, 10 Pitch as Ted Munk mentions in this article :
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Re: Verticle Cursive Script - Example
Better look at the S-C Script No. 46 (from the 1950's) :
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