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ad describing their special features
https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1958-09/page/n7 5/mode/2up

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On Friday, September 11, 2020 at 12:27:59 PM UTC-6, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> ad describing their special features
> https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1958-09/page/n7 5/mode/2up

I remember being surprised to learn from the book "Century of the Typewriter" that
this Swiss company actually made typewriters with metric pitch. 2.5 mm-wide
characters instead of Pica, 2 mm-wide characters instead of Elite.

John Savard

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