This is ~20 years before, though?
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Yeah, but type-writers were huge, hence type-writing manuals were huge. I would expect these fonts to appear rather quickly to satisfy publishers. And in fact, printers being the crafty people they were could probably convert an actual typewriter into a workable font.
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1893-94 catalog sample:https://books.google.com/books?id=WQdQAAAAYAAJ&dq=specimen%20book%20typewriter&pg=PA174#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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And 1888: https://books.google.com/books?id=0YweAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA137#v=onepage&q&f=false … (Also an unrelated photo engraving a few pages earlier)
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Another one from 1888. Although I couldn't find the similar font in their 1882 catalog.https://books.google.com/books?id=KXhQAAAAYAAJ&dq=cincinnati%20type%20foundry&pg=PA190-IA14#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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An 1886 letter to the editor complaining about the type body used for a typewriter font https://books.google.com/books?id=em0eAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA417 …pic.twitter.com/y95FW658k9
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Your finds keep leading me to new things to search for. This takes us to 1883 (middle of right column): https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9VBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA183&dq= …"pica+type-writer"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ4aO1v8bhAhUnVd8KHVMaD5oQuwUILDAA#v=onepage&q="type-writer"&f=false
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Here's the relevant text from that: “Pica "Type-Writer" is the latest from the type founders ... in imitation of the work of the type-writing machines”pic.twitter.com/2YhXjBsoDq
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And an 1885 sample, all caps. I think the point is proven and I'm going to stop now.https://books.google.com/books?id=MANDAQAAMAAJ&dq=type%20foundry%20imitation%20type%20writer&pg=PR49#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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Hilarious to me that I missed meeting you at the 2016 TypeCon, because I was so underwater with work and stress, I didn't even go! SVC is where I had my 2017 residency, and then I went to Hamilton 2017 and TypeCon (in Portland) in 2018!
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