2. TOPWRITER is a new monthly publication, desig-
ned for lovers of the typewriter. In this magazine
you can find the best tips for buying your machine
and even trivia and interviews. The magazine is
also in web format, with unique contents and rea-
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6. Olivetti lettera
Olivetti is an Italian manufacturer of computers, tablets, printers and other
business products such as calculators and fax machines. Headquartered in
Ivrea, province of Turin, the company has been part of the Telecom Italia
Group since 2003.
Olivetti lettera22 Olivetti lettera25
This typewriter is
sized about 27x37x8
cm (with the carriage
return lever making it
quite portable at least
for the time’s stand-
ards, even though its
4 kg (8.8 lb) weight
may limit portability.
Lettera 25(better
known as College).
The typewriter is
sized about 34x35x10
cm, making it port-
able at least for the
time’s standards.
even though its 5.9
kg weight may limit
portability.
Olivetti lettera32
Olivetti lettera 32 is
sized about 27x37x8
cm (with the carriage
return lever making it
quite portable at least
for the time’s stand-
ards, even though its
9.2 may limit their
portability.
7. Olivetti lettera33 Olivetti lettera82 Olivetti lettera90
This typewriter is
sized about 27x37x8
cm (with the carriage
return lever making it
quite portable at least
for the time’s stand-
ards, even though its
4 kg (8.8 lb) weight
may limit portability.
Lettera 34 (better
known as College).
The typewriter is
sized about 34x35x10
cm, making it port-
able at least for the
time’s standards.
even though its 5.9
kg weight may limit
portability.
Olivetti lettera 40 is
sized about 27x37x8
cm (with the carriage
return lever making it
quite portable at least
for the time’s stand-
ards, even though its
9.2 may limit their
portability.
Olivetti
8.
9. Olivetti lettera32
A worldwide favorite of students, its also the per-
fect portable for everyone from poets to PTA sec-
retaries, as advertised in one of the promotional
ads. Lettera 32 offers the combination of value
and features with the feel of a full-size machine.
Lettera 32 is sized about 27x34x10 cm (with the
carriage return lever making it quite portable at
least for the time’s standards, even though its 9
kg (10.3 lb) weight may limit portability.
10. Christopher sholes
Christopher Latham Sholes was born on February 14, 1819 and it was he
who invented the first typewriter that really work satisfactorily and who de-
veloped the keyboard that we know today as QWERTY.
13. Typewriters had been in-
vented as early as 1714
by Henry Mill and rein-
vented in various forms
throughout the 1800s. It
was to be Sholes, how-
ever, who invented the
first one to be commer-
cially successful. Sholes
had moved to Milwau-
kee and became the ed-
itor of a newspaper.
Following a strike by
compositors at his print-
ing press, he tried build-
ing a machine for type-
setting, but this was a
failure and he quickly
abandoned the idea. He
arrived at the typewrit-
er through a different
route. His initial goal
was to create a machine
to number pages of a
book, tickets, and so
on. He began work on
this at Kleinsteubers
machine shop in Mil-
waukee, together with
a fellow printer Samuel
W. Soule, and they pat-
ented a numbering ma-
chine on November 13,
14. Smith corona
Smith Corona is a US manufacturer of thermal labels, direct thermal labels,
and thermal ribbons used in warehouses for primarily barcode labels. Once
a large U.S. typewriter and mechanical calculator manufacturer, it expanded
aggressively during the 1960s.
Smith corona 3 Smith corona 4
Based on the Stand-
ard Folding Model of
1906, the No.3 was
refined in this even
lighter and more
compact machine
made mostly from
aluminum. The No.
3 has three banks of
keys carriage shift.
The Corona 4 burst
onto the market in
1924 as Corona’s
first 4-row keyboard
portable that fit into
a case without fold-
ing the carriage. This
model was tremen-
dously popular. Coron
portable had respons.
Smith corona 5
A classic! The decade
1930s was particular
of significance to L.C.
Smith & Corona Type-
writers, Inc. Emerg-
ing from the depths
of the Depression, the
company launched a
line of new portables:
Standard.
17. Smith corona super G
The line was best known for its introduction of
Floating Shift a superior shift mechanism that
lowers the type bar basket instead of the car-
riage when typing capitals. The Sterling/Silent
model had a handsome classic design with the
color choice of electric orange in addition to the
black glossy finish.
