#selectric — Public Fediverse posts
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corps can't be honest and say hey, we created disruption at machine speed and we don't count on the results being favorable (to us) - that is the most likely result and correct answer #hubris #selectric
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corps can't be honest and say hey, we created disruption at machine speed and we don't count on the results being favorable (to us) - that is the most likely result and correct answer #hubris #selectric
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corps can't be honest and say hey, we created disruption at machine speed and we don't count on the results being favorable (to us) - that is the most likely result and correct answer #hubris #selectric
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corps can't be honest and say hey, we created disruption at machine speed and we don't count on the results being favorable (to us) - that is the most likely result and correct answer #hubris #selectric
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Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023)
https://www.kutilek.de/selectric/
#HackerNews #IBM #Selectric #Fonts #Typography #RetroTech #CreativeRevival #DesignHistory
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Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023)
https://www.kutilek.de/selectric/
#HackerNews #IBM #Selectric #Fonts #Typography #RetroTech #CreativeRevival #DesignHistory
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I bring you the Filter Shaft End Play adjustment, from the IBM Selectric I And Selectric II Pictorial Reference Adjustment Manual https://archive.org/details/ibm-selectric-i-and-selectric-ii-pictorial-reference-adjustment-manual/page/2/mode/1up
It's full of these hand-drawn technical drawings that i (sort of) learnt to do in school.
Have you checked your Filter Shaft End Play today?
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I bring you the Filter Shaft End Play adjustment, from the IBM Selectric I And Selectric II Pictorial Reference Adjustment Manual https://archive.org/details/ibm-selectric-i-and-selectric-ii-pictorial-reference-adjustment-manual/page/2/mode/1up
It's full of these hand-drawn technical drawings that i (sort of) learnt to do in school.
Have you checked your Filter Shaft End Play today?
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Talking Robot Uses Typewriter Tech For Mouth https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/talking-robot-uses-typewriter-tech-for-mouth/ #animatronics #RobotsHacks #typewriter #Selectric #puppet #robot #ibm
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Talking Robot Uses Typewriter Tech For Mouth https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/talking-robot-uses-typewriter-tech-for-mouth/ #animatronics #RobotsHacks #typewriter #Selectric #puppet #robot #ibm
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Talking Robot Uses Typewriter Tech For Mouth - Many decades ago, IBM engineers developed the typeball. This semi-spherical hunk o... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/talking-robot-uses-typewriter-tech-for-mouth/ #animatronics #robotshacks #typewriter #selectric #puppet #robot #ibm
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Talking Robot Uses Typewriter Tech For Mouth - Many decades ago, IBM engineers developed the typeball. This semi-spherical hunk o... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/talking-robot-uses-typewriter-tech-for-mouth/ #animatronics #robotshacks #typewriter #selectric #puppet #robot #ibm
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#Technology that I don't think ever existed, but which *should* have...
The #microfiche #typewriter. [1]
It is a typewriter very closely resembling an #IBM #Selectric electric typewriter. The keyboard is virtually identical, though the platen and print head are different. Instead of the platen being a rubber roller, there is a slot with guides, into which you drop a standard-sized plastic film sheet - a #fiche.
The type element - the "ball" - is identical to a normal Selectric element, except for size. It's only a few millimetres in diameter. Typing is virtually silent, because the ball moves only a tiny, tiny amount at a time, so little you don't even notice it unless you watch for a full line of type.
Above the fiche slot is a small-ish translucent rear-projection screen, which shows the text of the page you're currently typing. Operators work in a dimly-lit room, and their faces are bathed in a diffuse, soft white light.
#retro #RetroTechnology #RetroFuture #TypeElement #TypewriterBall #ShouldHaveBeen #ShouldHave #If #invention #1960s #typewriter
[1] Or #microfilm
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#Technology that I don't think ever existed, but which *should* have...
The #microfiche #typewriter. [1]
It is a typewriter very closely resembling an #IBM #Selectric electric typewriter. The keyboard is virtually identical, though the platen and print head are different. Instead of the platen being a rubber roller, there is a slot with guides, into which you drop a standard-sized plastic film sheet - a #fiche.
The type element - the "ball" - is identical to a normal Selectric element, except for size. It's only a few millimetres in diameter. Typing is virtually silent, because the ball moves only a tiny, tiny amount at a time, so little you don't even notice it unless you watch for a full line of type.
Above the fiche slot is a small-ish translucent rear-projection screen, which shows the text of the page you're currently typing. Operators work in a dimly-lit room, and their faces are bathed in a diffuse, soft white light.
#retro #RetroTechnology #RetroFuture #TypeElement #TypewriterBall #ShouldHaveBeen #ShouldHave #If #invention #1960s #typewriter
[1] Or #microfilm
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #PeripheralsHacks #HackadayColumns #IBMWheelwriter5 #IBMWheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #Wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #Selectric #Joystick #nRF52840 #atari
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #PeripheralsHacks #HackadayColumns #IBMWheelwriter5 #IBMWheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #Wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #Selectric #Joystick #nRF52840 #atari
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #PeripheralsHacks #HackadayColumns #IBMWheelwriter5 #IBMWheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #Wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #Selectric #Joystick #nRF52840 #atari
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold - What do you get when you combine a Raspberry Pi 4B, a Kaypro keyboard, and a 9″ Ap... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #peripheralshacks #hackadaycolumns #ibmwheelwriter5 #ibmwheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #selectric #joystick #nrf52840 #atari
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold - What do you get when you combine a Raspberry Pi 4B, a Kaypro keyboard, and a 9″ Ap... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #peripheralshacks #hackadaycolumns #ibmwheelwriter5 #ibmwheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #selectric #joystick #nrf52840 #atari
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold - What do you get when you combine a Raspberry Pi 4B, a Kaypro keyboard, and a 9″ Ap... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #peripheralshacks #hackadaycolumns #ibmwheelwriter5 #ibmwheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #selectric #joystick #nrf52840 #atari
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold - What do you get when you combine a Raspberry Pi 4B, a Kaypro keyboard, and a 9″ Ap... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #peripheralshacks #hackadaycolumns #ibmwheelwriter5 #ibmwheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #selectric #joystick #nrf52840 #atari
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Curvy Centerfold - What do you get when you combine a Raspberry Pi 4B, a Kaypro keyboard, and a 9″ Ap... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ #peripheralshacks #hackadaycolumns #ibmwheelwriter5 #ibmwheelwriter #joystickmouse #forcecurves #raspberrypi #wheelwriter #altoidstin #mousering #selectric #joystick #nrf52840 #atari
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You can watch Anna-Lena‘s presentation of her ANRT project here: https://vimeo.com/926559286
I did a straightforward digitisation of the Selectric Univers; she went beyond that and interpreted multiple styles, and made the fonts interpolate between the typewriter and the phototypesetting version with more natural spacing and exaggerated corners!
#Frutiger #IBM #Selectric #fonts -
Anna-Lena Würth recently rediscovered #Frutiger's original drawings for the #IBM #Selectric UN #fonts.
For my own revival*, I worked from the original 11pt final size type specimens. Comparing with the original large drawings, I think I didn’t do too bad ;) (my a on the right) -
New blog post: "Changing the font… on a typewriter!" https://princessleia.com/journal/2023/10/changing-the-font-on-a-typewriter/ #typewriter #IBMSelectric #Selectric
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New blog post: "Changing the font… on a typewriter!" https://princessleia.com/journal/2023/10/changing-the-font-on-a-typewriter/ #typewriter #IBMSelectric #Selectric
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New blog post: "Changing the font… on a typewriter!" https://princessleia.com/journal/2023/10/changing-the-font-on-a-typewriter/ #typewriter #IBMSelectric #Selectric
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In today's episode of Bet You Can't Eat Just One, look what followed me home.
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In today's episode of Bet You Can't Eat Just One, look what followed me home.
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IBM Selectric Typewriters Finally Get DIY Typeballs - IBM’s Selectric line of typewriters were quite popular in the 1960s, thanks in par... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/11/ibm-selectric-typewriters-finally-get-diy-typeballs/ #classichacks #raspberrypi #restoration #typewriter #selectric #openscad #typeball #metal #resin
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IBM Selectric Typewriters Finally Get DIY Typeballs - IBM’s Selectric line of typewriters were quite popular in the 1960s, thanks in par... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/11/ibm-selectric-typewriters-finally-get-diy-typeballs/ #classichacks #raspberrypi #restoration #typewriter #selectric #openscad #typeball #metal #resin
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Can You Help 3D Print a Selectric Ball? - The IBM Selectric changed typewriters as we knew them. Their distinctive ball element replaced the... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/26/can-you-help-3d-print-a-selectric-ball/ #3dprinterhacks #ibmselectric #3dprinting #typewriter #selectric #golfball #typeball #ibm