User:Meismi/Hammond Typewriter

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The Hammond Typewriter was invented by James Bartlett Hammond and first manufactured in 1881. The typeface used by the typewriter was also available as foundry type from the Inland Type Foundry. John Jonathon Pratt sold his 1882 patent rights to the company for the manufacture of the typewriter.

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it was one of the first commercially produced typewriters, its name was changed to the Varityper during the 1920's and it was electrified in the 1930's. they were produced until the 1970, when the IBM composer became the main typewriter for cold typesetting.

the Hammond typewriter had a number of different features including a including a removable semi-circular shuttle made of hard rubber that would swing into place for a hammer to strike the paper and an ink strip against