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Typewriter Simulator
…visitors
MODEL Nº 01 / THE MERIDIAN
Setting the paper…
Click the machine, then start typing ↵ to return
DRAG TO LOOK AROUND · SCROLL TO ZOOM
01 : 01LINE / COLUMN
RIBBON

↑↓←→ Move the paper. Overprint. Draw with letters.

YOUR SHEET STAYS IN THIS BROWSER

GET TO KNOW YOUR MACHINE

A few pleasing limitations.

Type on your keyboard or tap the machine’s round keys. Every strike leaves its own imperfect impression.

Enter
Return the carriage and feed one line.
Arrow keys
Move your position on the paper. Hold Shift for tiny adjustments.
Backspace
Move back without erasing. Layer letters into art.
Space / Tab
Advance one / five positions.
Escape
Untangle jammed typebars.

Near the right margin, the bell rings. The carriage stops at the margin until you return it. Fast, overlapping strikes can jam the mechanism.

Latin letters, numbers and punctuation, like the original machine. Your work saves locally on this device. Retrieve sheet lifts the paper out for a closer look; Put back resumes exactly where you stopped. Save PNG downloads the full-resolution sheet.

Recorded sound & material credits ↗

A fresh start?

Save your current paper first if you want to keep it.

OFF THE PLATEN

Your sheet.

Your typewritten sheet, with every original ink impression

Your marks are kept exactly as you left them.