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Are there any typewriters still in production for those after a classic style of typewriting? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I see some on Amazon. Maybe not the best place to buy one, but it seems to confirm they are in production still at least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://typewriters.com/categories/new-reconditioned-typewriters.html

Apparently, yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's impressive! It looks like many of them are "reconditioned" so not completely new, but interesting to see people maintaining them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Enjoy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Nakajima still make some electronic daisy wheel typewriters.

A couple of companies still make manual typewriters, but they are widely regarded as garbage.

That said a lot of old typewriters, especially manual ones, will work fine, and the ribbons are widely available.