I got this for $30 from a neighbor. It was missing a spacebar spring and needed a good cleaning but now it works! I've been using it for journaling for like three weeks now. Great fun
First typewriter!
I got this for $30 from a neighbor. It was missing a spacebar spring and needed a good cleaning but now it works! I've been using it for journaling for like three weeks now. Great fun
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Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 79d
Mr. Qwerty
Libb@piefed.social · 2 pts · 79d
Congrats! And happy journaling :)
(coming from a lifelong journal writer and a typewriter (and pen) user)
If you ever wish to share your journaling experience/questions/emotions/...: !journaling@sh.itjust.works
It has been on hiatus for many months (like too many communities, I'm afraid) but I hope to soon get some time available to publish regular content again and, being the admin over there, I would love to see more people share their experience even more so if that relates to good old analog tech :)
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 79d
I was looking at the keys and I realised that there are so many keys I don't have in my typewriters with Spanish sets. I don't have @ signs nor * and I'd love to have them.
Some of them don't even have the + sign, I have to combine : and -
zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 79d
The @ symbol is missing from French keyboards too, just like fractions. We need space for our accents!
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 79d
I noticed that some Spanish keyboards missing the circumflex it can be done by combining the two accents. Are there French keyboards like that?
zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 79d
I never saw that. Generally, à, è and é are directly present on the keyboard, not the accents as dead keys. ^ and ¨ are dead keys, though.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 79d
Oh! I've never have guessed!
Wait! I just realised that it is only the machine I regularly use, it only has one dead key! The rest of them have two.
How it is possible that I've never had to type ü?
zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 79d
Because you never typed in Volapük 😅
zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 79d
Congratulations on this purchase—and on your ability to replace that spring! For a first repair, it's commendable!
If you want to publish typewritten texts, even if just for.showcasing the font, you can use the !typecasts@sh.itjust.works community.
Pencilnoob@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
Thanks! It was a little intimidating especially because I didn't really know how they worked. But it m when I realized the spacebar was not moving back up I was able to poke around and find the spot for the missing spring. The only downside is I haven't yet found the perfect replacement spring, I ended up hot gluing one that's a little too stiff in place, hopefully I'll find a better one soon. But it works!