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Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: vils on Fri, 19 June 2009, 21:01:54

Take a look here:
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/ad,typewriter (http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/ad,typewriter)

Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: bigpook on Fri, 19 June 2009, 21:09:20

Some of those ads are quite nice. Good find.

Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: xsphat on Fri, 19 June 2009, 22:52:19

What typewriter had Comic Sans?

Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: wheel83 on Fri, 19 June 2009, 23:29:59

I definitely think I am going to buy one of these soon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15433986@N04/3181097111

it just seems so advance for 1966  plus i love red and black obviously

Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: xsphat on Sat, 20 June 2009, 01:50:18

I love the search tool you use, vils.

Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: lowpoly on Sat, 20 June 2009, 06:13:26

I always thought this one (by Michael Schirner) was brilliant:

(http://www.ruhrbarone.de/wp-content/uploads/image/schreibmaschinen.jpg)

It was printed as a double page ad in magazines. "Schreibmaschinen" is the german word for typewriters.

(I may have posted this before.)

Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: vils on Sat, 20 June 2009, 15:11:41

Quote from: xsphat;97853

I love the search tool you use, vils.

Google?

Title: Typewriter ads
Post by: xsphat on Sat, 20 June 2009, 15:49:08

No that hive mind thing. I get some good results from it.