People who own typewriters, what is your favorite use for it? (lemmy.world)

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Is it a note-taking station? Is it a decoration only? Is it your regular journal? Is it a shopping list maker? Is it on display or tucked away?

I use mine to quickly write down ideas, so that I don't get distracted by other things on a computer or have to wait for a computer to boot up. Other than that it's a conversation piece and a decoration.

Edit, I forgot to include, I have a Royal like the one below. It was the cheapest one at the antique store, and it has worked perfectly for the 10+ years I've owned it.

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[-] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Wow, that's so cool! You turned an accident into something that looks like it was purposely made that way.

There is a special novelty in a mechanically typed page.

[-] Briict@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks, you can tell it really got under my skin because I bothered to center my type, I don't like centering my type. It's a bitch to center type, lol

But yeah very novel right now, like the other comment mentions choice of stationary, I like using cotton paper. Really leaves an impression.

[-] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Come to think of it, how do you go about centering on a manual typewriter?

[-] Briict@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I get my lines character count, tab to center (or -10, -20 tab) then backspace to the right count. If I think it'll make it look cleaner I sometimes mix a double space in or ignore punctuation marks from my count, I don't mind them hanging past the rest like I would an M.

PS I thought I remembered messing it up right after I started and sure enough if you look at line three of that picture it's pretty out there lol

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