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Hacker News 1d ago

Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023)

https://www.kutilek.de/selectric/

#HackerNews #IBM #Selectric #Fonts #Typography #RetroTech #CreativeRevival #DesignHistory

Reviving the Selectric Composer Fonts

Technical and mathematical considerations of the IBM Selectric Composer typography by Jens Kutílek.

Michael Hanscom Mar 19

Random memory prompted by a work conversation: When I was a kid, my mom was the secretary for our church, and typed all of the weekly bulletins on an IBM Selectric. My brain still processes the IBM Selectric Script font as her "handwriting".

https://www.dafont.com/selectric-script.font

#font #typewriter #ibm #selectric

David JONES Feb 24

I bring you the Filter Shaft End Play adjustment, from the IBM Selectric I And Selectric II Pictorial Reference Adjustment Manual https://archive.org/details/ibm-selectric-i-and-selectric-ii-pictorial-reference-adjustment-manual/page/2/mode/1up

It's full of these hand-drawn technical drawings that i (sort of) learnt to do in school.

Have you checked your Filter Shaft End Play today?

#TechnicalDrawing #Selectric

David JONES Feb 12

I am writing up this advert i found in Byte magazine and it uses _all_ the IBM Selectric fonts. So far 6, and climbing (because i haven't identified them all yet). [edit, later: the final count was 9, including 4 FIU firsts (plus loads of other dry-transfer fonts, some of which were also FIU firsts): https://fontsinuse.com/uses/75316/bill-godbout-electronics-advert-in-byte-magaz ]
#Selectric

Bill Godbout Electronics advert in BYTE magazine

Bill Godbout was something of a pioneer in the early microcomputer movement of the 1970s, and his firm Bill Godbout Electronics was a commercial vehicle selling discount and surplus electronics and microcomputer components. Bill Godbout Electronics was a regular advertiser in the

Fonts In Use

Chuck Miller Jan 17

Some macro photography on a Saturday afternoon. Artwork entitled "Letter Gothic Element Ball." Nikon Df camera, Medical-Nikkor 120mm 1:4 lens, 60 images combined for focus stack in Photoshop. (c) 2026 Chuck Miller, all rights reserved. #photography #macrophotography #typewriter #antique #vintage #elementball #ibm #selectric

Draemmli Dec 29

My IBM #Selectric is seeing a lot of use at #39c3, even though it's kinda hidden :)

Jens Kutílek Nov 25

Check the glyph widths of your #GlyphsApp font against common #unitization systems (#Selectric, #Linotype, #Monotype ...) with this updated version of my Glyph Width Histogram script:
https://github.com/jenskutilek/Glyphs-Scripts/blob/master/Metrics/Glyph%20Width%20Histogram.py

Admiral Shark Nov 18

Today is the 70th anniversary of two important #IBM #Selectric #typewriter patents! They helped set the stage for one of the coolest and most beautiful typing instruments every made! I wrote a small something for the occasion! https://sharktastica.co.uk/articles/selectric-golfball-70