Category Archives: From Trove

Typing tidbits – big, small and mobile

Keyboards are so ubiquitous now that we take them for granted and sometimes forget what a newsworthy and amazing device they could be back in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Can you imagine the astonishment of the crowds … Continue reading

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Typing to stop those leaks!

As the biennial Festival of the Photocopier hosted by the Sticky Institute shows, zinesters love photocopiers! Now you might think that they’re a fairly recent invention, but duplicating machines of various types have been around for well over a century. … Continue reading

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Typing tidbits – tirades and troubles

While some saw the advent of typewriting as a wonderful process, some other early commentators had their doubts about the quality that ensued. The Sydney Morning Herald of July 1909 includes a diatribe about the poor quality of the typewriting one … Continue reading

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Stapling it!

Zinesters and staplers – an essential tool, but sometimes a source of frustration. Jamming at the critical moment, running out of staples on the last zine, crumpling and tearing that perfect page, but what would you do without them? The … Continue reading

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Typing tidbits – rainbow ribbons

Did you think those old red and black typewriter ribbons you may remember from the 1960s and 1970s were the limit of colour typewriting before the age of the computer and colour printing? Not so! Here’s an article from the … Continue reading

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Typing tidbits – a royal typist!

I know that many zinesters have a fondness for typewriters, so this is the first of a series of posts where I’m going to indulge myself and share with you some quaint/curious/quirky/interesting articles from early editions of Australian newspapers recently digitised … Continue reading

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