 20041217 Let's type letters.
Finally, I found an Olivetti Valentine typewriter. The clerk was semi-appalled when he learned that I intend to actually use it. 11
Comments:
Melissa said... Everything old is new again; it's sweet. 1:34 PM yp said... nice piece of machinery. 2:31 PM medium john said... it appears to be a 'qwertz' keyboard. which, if not a mistake, would pretty cool. 10:40 PM Zach said... It is a 'qwertz' indeed. I love it. However -- it doesn't have a "1" button ... 12:23 AM Tiffany said... Welcome to the [typewrite revolution]. It's beautiful. 7:49 AM Eliot said... Use lowercase "L" for one. 9:53 AM Zach said... Eliot, was that intended? -- or just an excellent solution? 10:02 AM Ryan Eanes said... If it doesn't have a "1," then it probably also doesn't have a "!" in which case you should type a period, then backspace and type an apostrophe. Voila, instant "!". 2:10 AM said... Hey Zach. Nice typewriter. The German and Italian computer keyboards still have the Z and Y in the same positions today. So, zou can savor zour tzpos. =) -Nathan 9:13 AM said... Hey, cool! I just got one of these myself! I went looking on google for more images of the Valentine and came across your blog. I love vintage typewriters like this -- and this is my first. Congrats on your purchase! 6:26 PM Kiel Bryant said... The lowercase "l" as "1" is intentional; standard typewriting procedure, in fact. Esp. "portables", with less keyboard real estate. Beautiful efficiency. 7:50 PM Post a Comment |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt   Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |