Tuesday, 18 July 2023

Why i like typewriters (2) : The presence

Continuing the musings about why i like typewriters, there is a wonderful physical presence about them and of course their output. In a world in danger of slipping down the metaverse plughole, you can't beat the tactile feedback you get from typewriters. Everything has a purpose and interacts with the real world be it the scale to set your margins or the ribbon colour selector or any of the other controls and levers. It changes the typewriter and how it works and reacts.

Then you press a key to type a letter and it results in something you can hold and touch, a creation in the real world. Something to be treasured, or thrown away as it contains so many typos.