
Kindly note, currently and as i am writing this Blog, i have the three Imperial desk typewriters model 50 with italic, Pin Point and finally one Telegraph typewriter that types in special large Characters and not mentioned in these booklets.

Imperial Company offered the following typefaces or typewriter fonts: I had it it with one of my Typewriters and i was delighted to see the variety the company had offered to its clients as i have always thought it is limited to PICA, Elite, and rarely large Roman.

AMERICAN TYPEWRITER FONT GOOGLE FONT MANUAL
We are lucky to have the original manual that shows all the typewriter fonts & typefaces used by the Olympia company. The other Typewriter company that had a nice set of typefaces was Olympia Typewriters. The Picture below will show a rare specimen of all of the above typewriter typefaces and fonts. The Hammond typewriters company issued the following shuttle: Hammond typewriters did use a special removable curved shuttle on their machines and this will allow you to change the typeface of your typewriter by simply changing the shuttle. The first Typewriter model i want to tackle is the Hammond typewriters. there are found on the majority of the typewriters and can be easily found on any machine.

The most common typefaces models are Elite Typeface (Usually 11 or 12 CPI) and PICA typeface (usually 10CPI). Other way to describe the Size is saying, 10 pts/inch that is equivalent to to 10CPI. therefore, a 13CPI typeface is smaller than the 10CPI. The Bigger the CPI, the Smaller is the size of the font. indicating the size of a font.įor example, when i say, its 10CPI, it means, the typeface size is 10 typed characters in one inch ( 2.5cm in metric measurement). In this Blog, i will be sharing with you Special & Original Documents that we have, issued by Typewriter companies illustrating the Typefaces they fitted on the typewriters.įirst of all, i wish to explain the meaning of CPI as we will use it a lot as you read through. Typewriter fonts is a world by it self as we have been working with them since 2016 and we have been able to restore a lot of machines with special typefaces. The Typewriter world is beyond magical, and yes, when you dive into this world, there is no way out as when you start exploring these beautiful machines, you will exploring the different types of typewriter, typewriter history, rare typewriters, scarce typewriters, uncommon colours, and finally, typewriter fonts.
