Ring the changes

In my town, Thursday nights are for bell ringing practice at Saint Mary's church.

Olympia SM-4: plot development

The SM4 is in Kingston upon Thames. A Royal Borough. It says here that this street art, Out of Order is somehow connected to London's hosting of the 2012 Olympics.

Response to pick-up address request from vendor in Kingston:

"When you arrive in Buttercup Close*, drive to the end of the road (which looks like a dead end) and turn left into a small car park. A car clamp/parking fine system is in operation in this car park, so stay with your car and phone me on 0208 xxx xxx and I will bring the typewriter to you. Sorry if this sounds like a strange set-up but it would be a disaster if you picked up a £45 car parking fine for the sake of an old typewriter! Do you have a rough idea of what time you will arrive?"

I'll keep you posted.

*Street name changed

typecast #13

In Byron MkII.ttf

Tip: watch the above while playing the below - bandwidth and screen size permitting.

tele-typecasting

Skip to 1:53 to see the workings

Saturday afternoons. Football (soccer) scores came this way - live - to  black and white TV screens. The broadcast was a close-up of the type appearing on the paper roll. On a good day, messages read like this: MANCHESTER UTD 3 MANCHESTER CITY 1.

Teleprinter

Atonement

...opens with a Corona Four! It just came on TV. Also features a  smart cream 1937 Lagonda Rapide ten minutes in. Vintage stuff. 

Thanks to Richard, Ryan, Mike and especially Robert for thinking about and sharing pictorial logos. I think the only other, as well as Antares' star, that passes the instant recognition test without need for words, would be Adler's deco eagle. If you haven't already, head on over to oztypewriter and see what Robert's dug out from his impressive archive.

Finally, I just 'won' an SM4. Burgundy crackelure with some tarnish to the brightwork, but it should polish out. £4.99. They seem very popular with the Typorati, now I can find out why.