Sometimes the seller discribes the item correctly. The price seems low for what is shown. Then you get what you pay for. All the issues are non-issues and perhaps self-invented to explain away the “great deal”. Sometimes… a typewriter in great condition at a superlow price is just that. A typewriter in great condition at a super low price. And once adjusted the ribbon turned out to be in great shape (the only thing about the typewriter that turned out to be not as described).
Nice find! I love this funky Royal typeface.
Dwayne:
Appreciate the thought. I liked the color… but bought for the font.
A nice looking font, and interesting observation that some machines inspire you to type and some do not. I think that characteristic of a machine has a lot to do with which we hang on to as daily typers, and which mentally get categorized as those which will be passed on. I have two cursive typewriters. One of them is too feminine for my taste, in the the sense of dainty and frilly. It will get passed on to someone whose tastes are more like the Reese Witherspoon character in “Legally Blonde”. The other simply makes me happy. I love to see a page of type filled by it.
Tony:
Very well said.
Love this typewriter. Saw one at an estate sale recently. Do you know what replacement ribbon it would take?
Sara: Sites like mytypewriter.com sell ribbons and have a chart as well.
http://mytypewriter.com/eProducts/Ribbon_List_102806.pdf
Thanks so much!
I wish this were a font on the computer!!!