Then, they will scan the typed copy, and load it onto their blog.īecause typing on a typewriter produces something more interesting than simply using “Courier New” in your blog-composition window. But in the 21st century, some people even use typewriters for blogging.Ĭalled “typecasting”, bloggers will type up an entire blog-posting on a typewriter. What do you DO with your typewriter? No seriously, what?Ī lot of people who own typewriters today use them for writing short stories, novels, books, letters…much like typewriters were always used for. I learnt to touch-type on a typewriter before I ever learnt how to do it on a computer. Not because computers didn’t exist when I was born…they did…but because a typewriter was what my parents could afford when I was growing up. I used a typewriter before I used a computer. One of the most famous typewriter-collectors and users on earth is Tom Hanks. There’s still an active collecting community. There’s still an active repair-community. There’s still a large number of professional writers who use typewriters. What do you need to know? Keep reading, and you’ll find out. This posting is here to serve as a guide for the novice typewriter-collector, the first-time buyer, the aspiring writer or the antiques bargain-hunter. In the 21st Century, there is a growing number of typewriter collectors, and users who are returning to, or changing over from a computer to, a typewriter. And there wouldn’t be anyone fixing them. They must do, otherwise there wouldn’t be anyone buying them anymore.
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