typewriters

The previous entry was in Courier font because I like the Courier font.
I like the Courier font because it looks like typewritten text.
I like typewriters.
Especially after seeing Naked Lunch.
I wondered for a long time if there really was once a brand of typewriters called Clark Nova. Or Moja-hadin or Martinelli or Krupp Dominator, for that matter. I wanted a Clark Nova typewriter. It just sounded so mythic.
I don't know about the middle two, but the Clark Nova and the Krupp Dominator don't exist outside of David Cronenberg's head. Imagine my disappointment.

Still, the old Underwoods are pretty mythic. I wonder if I could find one of those somewhere.

If you see the film Naked Lunch, you will probably understand why I like typewriters. No, not for the parts where they turn into insect/typewriter hybrids; pay attention to the way the characters talk about typewriters:

Mugwump: "I suggest a Clark Nova portable. It has mythic resonance."

Tom Frost: "I'm going to need my Martinelli back, Lee. I don't feel safe without a typewriter in the house."

Frost: "I never could write on a Clark Nova. Too demanding."

Bill Lee: "These are the remnants of my last writing machine."

Lee: "I have brought you a new typewriter that secretes two kinds of intoxicating fluids when it likes what you've written."
Frost: "Are you suggesting to trade back for your Clark Nova?"
Lee: "I think an exchange of hostages is the only viable scenario."

Hans: "I use a Krupp Dominator myself. Company policy. [laughs]"