- #AMERICAN TYPEWRITER FONT HISTORY PORTABLE#
- #AMERICAN TYPEWRITER FONT HISTORY SOFTWARE#
- #AMERICAN TYPEWRITER FONT HISTORY LICENSE#
#AMERICAN TYPEWRITER FONT HISTORY PORTABLE#
In the 1926s Royal debut it first portable in many attractive colors, aimed to target home market.
Portables foreshadowed the personal laptop computer in many ways the idea of an on-the-go workstation for business or personal use and correspondence really began with the portable typewriter. Corona's advertising at the time claimed that the portable typewriter increased the market for typewriters by as much as fifty times, since every individual and not simply every business was now a prospect. However, portables became the preferred category for individuals, and even now, many people are reluctant to give them up! The first commercial viable portable hit the market in 1906: The Corona folding portable, based on the Standard Folding. In general, manufacturers considered these typewriters to be entry level products which would eventually lead to increased sales of office models. While some small typewriters had been introduced prior to 1900, most were index machines and consequently slower than those with a keyboard. In the early 1900s, typewriter companies began to actively pursue consumers directly with lightweight, compact, and inexpensive portable machine. By 1944, the four companies made 95% of all American typewriters and had been accused of conspiring to fix prices. Underwood had a 50% market share in 1920 but later lost ground to Royal. During the 1920s and 1930s, the big four frontstroke typewriter companies-Underwood, Royal, Remington and Smith-Corona-accounted for 80% of the dollar value of typewriters sold in the US. In contrast to the nearly 100 American companies that produced typewriters in earlier decades, by the 1920s the US typewriter industry had substantially consolidated. Over 1 million Olivers were sold during the 32 years (1894-1926) A unique typewriter that was popular in offices during the 1900s and 1910s was the Oliver Visible Typewriter, a downstroke model. Another front strike typewriter brand that is often recognizable because of its distinctive shape is the flatbed Royal No. Underwood sold nearly four million of its No. Since that time, every new typewriter placed on the market has been a visible-writing machine.ĭuring the first decade of the 20th century, the most popular frontstroke machine was the Underwood No. Manufacturers of old style machines were ultimately forced to produce new models sharing similar principles of the successful Underwood Typewriter. The business world quickly recognized the desirability, practicality and advantage of the Underwood - the first successful front-stroke visible-writing machine and the one which revolutionized typewriter industry. In this machine, they overcame the deficiencies of the previous attempts by other inventors and immediately established a formidable presence in the typewriter field.
#AMERICAN TYPEWRITER FONT HISTORY LICENSE#
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.In 1894, Franz Wagner and his brother patented a visible front-stroke design typewriter, soon afterward known as the Underwood.
#AMERICAN TYPEWRITER FONT HISTORY SOFTWARE#
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