typewriter – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg typewriter – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 California (Mapped by) Typewriter https://www.maproomblog.com/2023/07/california-mapped-by-typewriter/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:29:56 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1817516 More]]> A typewritten elevation map of California by R. J. AndrewsAnything mashing up maps and typewriters is guaranteed to get my attention (I have 37 of the latter and rather a lot more of the former). So I have no choice but to share R. J. Andrews’s “Typewriter,” an elevation map of California created on a manual typewriter.

Created by layering combinations of nearly 2,500 keystrokes (I, H, X, and O) with a 1953 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter on Masa 77gsm paper from Japan. Based on a California Albers projection at approximately 1:5,000,000 scale.

The original is held by the David Rumsey Map Collection.

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