I grew up on a manual typewriter, the same one my mom used to write articles for Life Magazine in the ’50s and ’60s. It was a small portable in a beat-up canvas case, and you had to hit the keys hard.

In an age of high-tech gadgets that are practically obsolete as soon as they're made, a group is celebrating a machine from an earlier, simpler time: the manual typewriter. A Philadelphia man has put ...

What do Devo, Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho and American linguist Paul Frommer have in common? They’re all fans of Typing in Public. This weekend, community members are invited to sit down at manual ...

For those who know me, it’s no secret that I enjoy perusing the classifieds for yard or estate sales. But, a recent online visit to the local Craigslist site led to the purchase of a manual typewriter ...

In an age of multitasking tech gadgets whose march toward obsolescence begins the minute they roll off the assembly line, a group is celebrating a mechanical one-trick pony built to last for decades: ...