Smith-Corona Ten-Day Touch Typing Course
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In 1961, typewriter manufacturer Smith-Corona issued an ten-day touch typing course. The box included five 7-inch vinyl records and a flipboard coursebook with plastic comb binding, alongside a typewriter manual and a service location flyer.
The title on the box and the booklet makes early use of Safari Light. This interlocking sans by Headliners is very similar to Filmotype Maxwell, which likewise came out around 1960. “Educator approved” appears to be set in slanted caps from Safari’s Medium weight.
There were various editions with different cover models. On his Wrong Way, Write Way blog, Tom Hitt comments on one of them:
I really like the wistful, faraway smile that either says, “Gosh, I hope to land a dead-end job soon, typing for some misogynistic boss”, or the more likely, “Gosh, I hope Brad gets here soon in his father’s Corvette so we can make out at the Drive-In and drink a six pack.”
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