Ah, Spirograph! How it frustrated me in the 70s. And I still need practice…A definite hit with the family. Someone has been reading the Hobbit rather a lot lately.
Nice buy! Lettera 32s are all the rage on the Typewriter Database at present, thanks to Ted’s serial number research. 🙂 Is yours an Ivrea-made or a Barcelona-made machine (not that it makes much difference in my experience)?
This is so weird… I wrote a letter to Kat, and I included a page that I had typed with my 6 cpi smith corona, and included a Spirograph drawing at the top (did I tell you I collect old Spirographs?). I had to do a double take when I saw this post! Anyway, I haven’t actually read your post yet.
A qwerty keyboard with accents? Finally!
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Good one! I’m very fond of that Olivetti typeface.
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I think it was your good self alerted me to it 🙂
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Nice buy! Lettera 32s are all the rage on the Typewriter Database at present, thanks to Ted’s serial number research. 🙂 Is yours an Ivrea-made or a Barcelona-made machine (not that it makes much difference in my experience)?
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ooh, not really looked! was so excited to type on it! …Ivrea.
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Lovely things indeed – my wish list gets longer and longer as I see more of the lovelies out there.
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This is so weird… I wrote a letter to Kat, and I included a page that I had typed with my 6 cpi smith corona, and included a Spirograph drawing at the top (did I tell you I collect old Spirographs?). I had to do a double take when I saw this post! Anyway, I haven’t actually read your post yet.
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Ha! Spooky. It’s the sixties vibe getting to us!
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By the way, these are my favorite markers for Spirograph. They work great, and fit in the holes well. Nice colors. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schwan-Stabilo-8825-1-Stabilo-Fineliner-Plastic/dp/B0007OEE9M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433852288&sr=8-1&keywords=stabilo+88+markers
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I will give these a go 🙂
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Okay, read it now. Very nice typewriter. I love cleaning all the gunk off of old typewriters. So rewarding!
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