typewriters
Ribbon-fed writing machines
Typewriters are machines that print characters onto paper when keys are pressed, each keystroke striking an inked ribbon against the page.
Before computers, typewriters were standard equipment in offices and homes for producing documents.
The word also refers to people who type, though this sense is archaic: The office employed three typewriters.
Lock-operating instruments
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- platenPrinting press surface
- typebarCharacter-striking arm mechanism
spacebar · margin · tab · roller · bell · escapement · shift key · ink
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- RemingtonAmerican arms manufacturer
- UnderwoodSurname or typewriter manufacturer
- OlivettiItalian typewriter maker
restoration · patina · nostalgia · retro · analog · mechanical · craftsmanship · heirloom
Compressed symbolic writing system
- telegraphElectrical message system
- IBM SelectricElectric typewriter with interchangeable ball
- QWERTYDominant keyboard configuration
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
office equipment · industrialization · correspondence · business · clerical · Victorian · wartime · propaganda
Original text before publication
- draftPreliminary version of text
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- carbon copyIdentical reproduction of something
- letterheadBranded formal stationery
correspondence · novelist · journalist · secretary · newsroom · screenplay · poetry · memo
Making sharp percussive sounds
- clickingMaking short sharp sounds
- dingSmall surface imperfection
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
percussion · carriage return · ambient · ASMR · staccato · tapping · satisfying · tactile feedback
- KerouacBeat Generation novelist
- ThompsonPatronymic surname
- Beat GenerationFifties literary counterculture movement
- museThink deeply about
Capote · Plath · Bukowski · first draft · creativity · authorship · literary fiction · Greenwich Village
keys
Lock-operating instruments
typebar · spacebar · margin · tab · roller · bell · escapement · shift key · ink · backspace
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- RemingtonAmerican arms manufacturer
- UnderwoodSurname or typewriter manufacturer
Olivetti · restoration · patina · nostalgia · retro · analog · mechanical · craftsmanship · heirloom · estate sale
stenography
Compressed symbolic writing system
- telegraphElectrical message system
- IBM SelectricElectric typewriter with interchangeable ball
- QWERTYDominant keyboard configuration
patent · office equipment · industrialization · correspondence · business · clerical · Victorian · wartime · propaganda · journalism
manuscript
Original text before publication
- draftPreliminary version of text
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- carbon copyIdentical reproduction of something
letterhead · correspondence · novelist · journalist · secretary · newsroom · screenplay · poetry · memo · report
clacking
Making sharp percussive sounds
rhythm · percussion · carriage return · ambient · ASMR · staccato · tapping · satisfying · tactile feedback · chime
Hemingway
- KerouacBeat Generation novelist
- ThompsonPatronymic surname
- Beat GenerationFifties literary counterculture movement
Capote · Plath · Bukowski · muse · first draft · creativity · authorship · literary fiction · Greenwich Village · bohemian
- dying industriesprint newspapers, landlines, payphones, cassette tapes, VCRs
- obsolete thingsdodo, dodo bird, passenger pigeon, dinosaurs, mammoth
- Retrovintage, retro, throwback, record players, old-school
- vintage collectiblestube radios, vintage signs, cash registers, pinball machines, vintage jewelry
- vintage techvintage cameras, transistor radios, vacuum tubes, turntables, phonographs
- outdated thingsflip phones, VHS tapes, fax machines, dial-up, rotary phones
typewriterscomputers
Programmable electronic devices
word processors · laptops · tablets · smartphones · desktop computers
typewritershandwriting
Manual letter formation
pen and paper · longhand · calligraphy · fountain pens · pencils
- 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