A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer’s movable type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto paper. Typically one character is printed on each keypress. The machine prints characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the sorts used in movable type letterpress printing.
After their invention in the 1860s, typewriters quickly became indispensable tools for practically all writing other than personal correspondence. They were widely used by professional writers, in offices, and for business correspondence in private homes.
By the end of the 1980s, word processors and personal computers had largely displaced typewriters in most of these uses in the Western world, but as of the 2010s the typewriter is still prominent in many parts of the world, including India.
More info in Wikipedia.
To finish the post, a funny Typewriter symphony Orchestra:
I had one of those old typewriters! Great photo and video.
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Thank you very much katelon. I’m glad you liked it.
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Beautiful capture and absolutely delightful orchestral piece!😂
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Thank you Joanne. The video is really funny 🙂
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Long time since I heard that piece of music. Terrific. Thanks.
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Thank you Sherry. This piece of music is really a delight.
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I learned to type on a manual typewriter in high school and then thought the world had brighten as much as possible when I first typed on an IBM Selectric with the changeable balls of fonts. Oh my, I was in typing heaven. 🙂 That is why today I much prefer touch typing on a laptop than texting with my thumbs on a smartphone. “My” fingers were made to type, but my thumbs were not meant for anything except hitting the spacebar which they do quite well. 🙂 Thanks for the memories.
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I have also gone through the same steps and also agree that still prefer typing a keyboard with all my fingers. 🙂
Thumbs are for the spacebar…
Thanks for stopping by and commenting Judy!
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delightful!
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Thank you very much Lisa. I’m glad you liked it.
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Nice!
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Thank you very much Luis. I’m glad you liked it.
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I smiled all the way through that video it is a long time since I first heard it. Very clever typist…
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I am glad that I have made you smile. That’s already a lot to me.
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🙂
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Loved the video – what did he write?
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Thank you Andrew!!
I do not think he writes anything coherent… 🙂
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Love it! Wonderful image and how good is that video! Thank you so much for sharing ..
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Thank you to you Julie for always coming to my blog and say so nice things. 🙂
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splendid photo and an entertaining video.
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Thank you very much!!
I’m glad you liked it.
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