typewriter
Manual text machine
A typewriter is a mechanical or electric machine with keys that, when pressed, strike an inked ribbon to print characters on paper.
Before personal computers, typewriters were essential office and writing equipment.
The word also refers to the distinctive monospaced font style that mimics typewritten text: The document was set in typewriter font.
Wheeled passenger vehicle
- platenPrinting press surface
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- spoolCylinder for winding material
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
Single keyboard input
- clackingMaking sharp percussive sounds
- tappingRepeated light striking
- hunt-and-peckVisual, slow keyboard technique
- correctionFixing of mistakes
whiteout · carbon-copy · draft · manuscript · jamming · strikethrough · secretary · stenographer
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- analogComparable equivalent
mechanical · artifact · patina · Underwood · Remington · Olivetti · Smith-Corona · Hermes
Uniform-width character display
- fontCharacter style set
- courierDelivery person or service
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- picaPrinting measurement unit
elite · characters · glyphs · ligature · kerning · letterform · pitch · daisywheel
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- KerouacBeat Generation novelist
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
Hemingway · newsroom · screenplay · draft · revision · creativity · deadline · editor
carriage
Wheeled passenger vehicle
escapement · spacebar · backspace · bell · roller · spring · ratchet
keystroke
Single keyboard input
- clackingMaking sharp percussive sounds
- tappingRepeated light striking
- hunt-and-peckVisual, slow keyboard technique
correction · whiteout · carbon-copy · draft · manuscript · jamming · strikethrough · secretary · stenographer · dictation
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
analog · mechanical · artifact · patina · Underwood · Remington · Olivetti · Smith-Corona · Hermes · portable
monospace
Uniform-width character display
pica · elite · characters · glyphs · ligature · kerning · letterform · pitch · daisywheel
author
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- KerouacBeat Generation novelist
Hemingway · journalism · newsroom · screenplay · draft · revision · creativity · deadline · editor · publisher
- Analog Erarotary phone, record player, phonograph, turntable, vinyl record
- analog techvinyl, cassette, VHS, film, tape
- analog technologyanalog clocks, analog clock, analog computers, film cameras, analog meter
- inventionsprinting press, steam engine, lightbulb, light bulb, microscope
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- obsolete technologyVHS, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, cassette tape, cassette tapes
typewritercomputer
Electronic calculating device
word processor · laptop · desktop computer · tablet · smartphone
typewriterpen
Ink-filled writing tool
handwriting · pencil · quill · calligraphy · manuscript
- electric typewriterCorded machine for typing documents
- typewriter ribbonInked strip for typing
- manual typewriterNon-electric typing machine
- portable typewriterSmall mobile typing machine
- typewriter keysLevers producing inked letters
- antique typewritersOld manual text-printing devices