Is it a note-taking station? Is it a decoration only? Is it your regular journal? Is it a shopping list maker? Is it on display or tucked away?

I use mine to quickly write down ideas, so that I don’t get distracted by other things on a computer or have to wait for a computer to boot up. Other than that it’s a conversation piece and a decoration.

Edit, I forgot to include, I have a Royal like the one below. It was the cheapest one at the antique store, and it has worked perfectly for the 10+ years I’ve owned it.

  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.worldOP
    5·
    11 months ago

    Wow, that’s so cool! You turned an accident into something that looks like it was purposely made that way.

    There is a special novelty in a mechanically typed page.

    • Briict@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      11 months ago

      Thanks, you can tell it really got under my skin because I bothered to center my type, I don’t like centering my type. It’s a bitch to center type, lol

      But yeah very novel right now, like the other comment mentions choice of stationary, I like using cotton paper. Really leaves an impression.

        • Briict@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          11 months ago

          I get my lines character count, tab to center (or -10, -20 tab) then backspace to the right count. If I think it’ll make it look cleaner I sometimes mix a double space in or ignore punctuation marks from my count, I don’t mind them hanging past the rest like I would an M.

          PS I thought I remembered messing it up right after I started and sure enough if you look at line three of that picture it’s pretty out there lol