Montag, 30. Januar 2012

My Gamma.


My Gamma. When I picked up my Studio 44 last summer, the first thing I noticed was the typeface‚ definitely a nice add—on to this great vriting machine. But something even more interesting I noticed only when I gave the machine a first longer test at home, I then suddenly discovered the unusual signs on the key next to the ^/‘ and was stunned: My Olivetti featured the greek letters γ (gamma) and μ (my)‚ I then noticed that the keytop with the greek letters had a minor difference to the other ojes: The letters were slightly carved in, all others were just plain flat. The same with the typeslug: Just a minor difference. It had a touch of gold‚ while the others were just grey. Also, it had a slightly different shape. I don't know anything about the former owners of this machine, but my theory is that a natunfl scientist or a mathematician needed these signs and had them added to the machine. I don't know who added the signs to the machine, but it's a nice addition of (hi)story to this machine. γ μ. maschinengeschrieben.blogspot.com
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9 Kommentare:

Bill M hat gesagt…

Very nice to have a special typewriter.

30. Januar 2012 um 02:44
Dwayne F. hat gesagt…

Very interesting! I wonder if the equal/minus slug was also a replacement. The numbers don't match.

30. Januar 2012 um 04:07
shordzi hat gesagt…

Nice discovery!

30. Januar 2012 um 04:25
maschinengeschrieben hat gesagt…

Thanks for your comments.
@Dwayne: I've noticed that, too. Also the `/^ has a 7 on the typeslug, maybe it's because they were not available in the same font, but it makes no difference because they're so simple.

30. Januar 2012 um 06:51
Adwoa hat gesagt…

How cool is that! Funny how you sometimes notice new things on a typewriter you have had for a while :)

30. Januar 2012 um 10:45
notagain hat gesagt…

That's very cool, and a beautiful typeface. What did Olivetti call it?

30. Januar 2012 um 16:09
maschinengeschrieben hat gesagt…

@Adwoa: Indeed, for example I used my Optima for a few weeks until I finally found the tabulator. :)
@notagain: Thanks. I actually don't know the name of the typeface.

30. Januar 2012 um 21:42
Richard P hat gesagt…

µagnificent!

30. Januar 2012 um 22:23
Fernando Antunes hat gesagt…

I'd risk to say that the previous owner was a chemist. Gamma and my are usually used as measures units. And I remember seeing my mother using the ^ as exponential, like 10^3. But that's just a lucky guest :) The best thing of having a typewriter with history is letting our imagination running free. And the typeface is really beautiful.

1. Februar 2012 um 00:23

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