Type – Cosma

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type : a rectangular block usually of metal bearing a relief character from which an inked print can be made — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

typewriter : a machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer’s type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical device with keys that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. Typically one character is printed per keypress, and the machine prints the characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the sorts used in movable type letterpress printing. From their invention in 1868 through much of the 20th century, typewriters were indispensable tools for recording the written word. Widely used by professional writers and in offices for decades, by the end of the 1980s, word processors and personal computers largely displaced typewriters in the settings where they previously had been ubiquitous in the western world. — Wikipedia

Typewriter (Encyclopædia Britannica)

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Inspiration

Typography is the technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing (leading), and letter-spacing (tracking), as well as adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). The term typography is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. — Wikipedia

The Folio Society (YouTube Video)

Talks about Typography (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)

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Preservation

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Participation

Education

wikiHow (YouTube Channel)
wikiHow (Official Website)

Typing Club
Nitro Type

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

Occupation

CareerOneStop, YouTube Channel (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
CareerOneStop, Official Website (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)

Printing Press Operators (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)

Organization

Early Typewriter Collectors Association

News

ETCetera Magazine (Early Typewriter Collectors’ Association)
Typewriter (JSTOR)
Typewriter (NPR Archives)

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Expression

Fun

Boston Typewriter Orchestra (Official Website)
Boston Typewriter Orchestra (YouTube Channel)

Humor

Typewriters (Tim Hunkin, The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia)

Arts

Poem

Though electric and meriting hype,
My old typewriter’s now overripe.
Sure, it printed text neatly
And fixed typos completely,
But computers are much more my type. —
Rachel N. Ruchiccio, electric typewriter, OEDILF

OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

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Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Media

Function	Communications	Computation	Storage	Creation	Simulation
Analog	Mail	Device	Paper	Type, Print	Automaton
Electronic	Network	Calculator	Tape	Record	Elektro
Digital	Internet	Computer
Hardware	Modem	Microprocessor	Memory	Peripheral	Robot, XR
Software	Service (Web)	Program (OS, SS)	Database	Application	AI, VW

Format Multimedia (Video, Animation) Image (Object) Scent, Flavor, Audio (Text) Haptic, “Other“

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Notes

1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.