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…)

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.