Monospace

モノスペース / 1874– / Style / Type Classification

Fixed-width letters born from the typewriter's mechanism, settled as the voice of work-in-progress: drafts, forms and code.

One advance width for all / Widened i, squeezed m / Mechanical rhythm / The air of unfinished work

Monospace — ショールズ＆グリデン式タイプライター 1873–78Monospace — ショールズ＆グリデン・タイプライター 1873（CC BY-SA 4.0）Monospace — タイプライターの鍵盤（CC BY-SA 4.0）
ショールズ＆グリデン式タイプライター 1873–78 ／ ショールズ＆グリデン・タイプライター 1873（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ タイプライターの鍵盤（CC BY-SA 4.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Setting code, data and technical documents · A brand voice of honesty and process
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Sholes & Glidden / Courier (Howard Kettler) / the design of coding faces

Related entries

Source: Science Museum Group — Sholes and Glidden patent typewriter, 1875

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