2/21/2023 0 Comments Fontforge faster turn off![]() ![]() You can type very quickly on this machine - in fact, I would say that for a machine of its type (moving carriage, typebars), it is the fastest and easiest to type on I have used. I think the ribbon is getting lifted a bit too far). But it produces a very nice line of very regular type (maybe not quite striking the lower parts of a couple of characters properly - you can see the 4 in the quarter is a bit uneven, and I can tell you that the underscore does not come out. I cannot say the styling is in any way impressive, and the plastic case is dull two-tone dark brown and beige. Seems to be in essentially perfect condition the ‘y’ key is a little sticky, is all. I opened it up, gave the motor s pin by hand, and since then it has worked a treat. ![]() Turned out the motor was not spinning freely when they tested it - probably from it sitting around. ![]() This one came with the cord cut off because it had apparently failed a safety check. To me the ‘r’ looks like it comes from another font. The thing I like most on this one is the font. It has a good set of capabilities - tabs set from the front, graduated paper stand, wide carriage (can take A4 paper in landscape). It is electric, and rather too big to call a really portable portable, but it is relatively easy to carry around in its big, cheap-looking plastic case (you know, the kind of case where the ‘hinge’ is just a thin bit of plastic, not a real hinge and it is all made of ripply black plastic the sort of thing a cheap drill might come in). I would rate it as a small office machine. The Adler Gabriele 5000 (Triumph-Adler from the time it was owned by Litton) is an unremarkable but competent typing machine. ![]()
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