Angle on the segment of a 1954 Royal HH typewriter featuring Pica Double Gothic typeface
Acquired 1954 Royal HH Standard Typewriter (Royal Typewriter Company)
S/N: HHS-5406732
Royal Pica Double Gothic typeface
10 characters per inch; 6 lines per inch; U.S. keyboard, 43 keys, 86 characters
Acquired via thrift on 2026-02-06. This machine continues my typewriter collection theme for 2026: hunting for great machines with less common typefaces. Gothic was an older word meaning san-serif. The “double” portion means that it’s two sets of capital letter forms.

(Sorry James…)

A brown crinkle painted 1954 Royal HH typewriter with green keys sits on an oak library card catalog file.

Capital white gothic letters typed onto a platen read: "CHRIS WAS HERE"
The white correction tape message typed (assuredly not by me!!) onto the platen was a sure sign this thrifted typewriter was destined for my collection.

View through the hood of a Royal HH typewriter onto the entirety of the segment featuring all the slugs on of a san-serif Royal Pica Double Gothic typeface

Typesample on a yellow 3x5" index card for a 1954 Royal HHS standard typewriter with a Royal Pica Double Gothic typeface.

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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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