A 1962 Olympia SM7 with a cream colored body with matching keys and moss green highlights sits on a library card catalog next to a pot of lushly arranged pink and peach flowers.
Acquired 1962 Olympia SM7 Portable Typewriter (Olympia Werke A.G.)
Serial Number: 2161560
Italic Pica No. 31 typeface, tabulator, carriage shift, 88 characters

Acquired via thrift on April 10, 2026. It finally fills my itch to have an italic typeface for use in personal correspondence. It’s in spectacular starting condition though a bit gamey, but this should clean up nicely. It immediately needed a bit of forming on the carriage lock and a new ribbon, but it’s generally ready to be in the regular rotation. 

Front view of a 1962 Olympia SM7 typewriter sitting on a library card catalog next to a vase of flowers.

Type sample from a 1962 Olympia SM7 typewriter with a well-rounded italic typeface in 10 point pitch.

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Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

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