The world’s first typewriter goes to auction in Köln (Germany) on 22 March 2025. Just 35 Malling Hansen Writing Balls remain, 30 are in museums and the battle for one of the few remaining specimens ...

There was a time when writing was unmistakably physical. Words didn’t simply appear on a screen; they were struck into ...

You can often tell a person’s age by the way they type. Older individuals, like myself, tend to type forcefully on a keypad because we learned on manual typewriters. I can still remember the sound of ...

Thanks to parenting and life in general, [Brendan] had fallen out of the habit of writing and wasn’t happy about it. If you write anything ever, you already know there are endless distractions when it ...

This article is republished with permission from “Wonder Tools,” a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. iA Writer is writing software. It’s a minimalist ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Remington put its writing machines on ...

The actor and typewriter enthusiast wrote back to the teens weeks after they sent off letters to him Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School Last fall, some students at the Lincoln Park Performing ...

Surprise! My previous article here on Forbes.com – “If You Want To Be A Writer, Start Writing” – must have had a global appeal, as I’m still seeing the viewership numbers and emails pile up, from ...