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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Plath’s green Royal typewriter is destined to be seen by many other members of the computer keyboard generation. The portable machine is among more than 40 artifacts from Smith’s Plath collection that ...