But [Make it Kozi] wanted an old-fashioned typewriter. The problem is, as he notes, they are nostalgically popular these days, so picking up a working model can be pricey. The answer? Buy a junker ...

Skye Ferrante has spent six years at the Writers Room in Greenwich Village, blissfully banging away on his grandmother’s 1929 Royal typewriter. The 37-year-old writer represented a bygone era ...

As he settled back inside of his apartment, he opened the case, and found himself face-to-face with a 1950s-era Royal Typewriter. “There was nothing wrong with it. It was still in working condition,” ...

People typing are the only hope for the typewriter. Chronicle columnist Herb Caen and his “Loyal Royal” are long gone, but author Herb Gold is still out there, high on Russian Hill ...

And I'm going to show you how to restore a 90-year-old Royal typewriter. This particular machine was purchased new in India by a family member of my client. To him, it is a family heirloom.

I inherited one of those. In 1941, my much older sister, Alma, bought a Royal typewriter — with carrying case — with the intention of learning to type and seeking employment as a secretary.

Lee has such a good ear for that sound, he says with a hint of hyperbole, that he can sometimes tell, say, a Royal typewriter from an Underwood, just by listening to the patter of the letters ...