At 10:03 AM 1/4/2009, CoolVT@aol.com wrote:
>The 25 year old "Brother" typewriter that I have has 3 or 4 different pin
>wheels. Each has a different sized or styled type. I believe the IBM
>electric's of the same vintage had interchangeable " balls" that had
>different type
>size/styles.
>Seems the secret is to find a business that never threw out the old
>typewriters. Actually there were some Federal forms that some
>offices had to
>complete and were still using a typewriter
without a ribbon so it could type
>through 8 carboned copies at a time. This was only about 5 years ago
>that friend
>told me she was doing this. So, there might be some around.
If the truth be told, the basic IBM Selectric was
only produced to use elite (10-pitch) or pica
(12-pitch) type, though they also made a rather
rare Selectric Compositor which would be the
beast you would need, and I would suggest that
these would best be found in a publishing firm
where they were used in producing magazines and
the like. The later IBM Wheelwriter was both
delightfully simpler and more utile and did allow
for a broader range of type sizes.
I still have a Greek pica ball for a Selectric
and a Wheelwriter with a couple of oddball fonts.
But, in the end, you need a compositor of some
sort to provide the font you would need.
Marc
msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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