Simulated typewriter typeface in Microsoft Word?

Factual Questions
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Really? You think a person could make a living using a computer to do graphic design? :wink:

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I found several interesting typewriter-simulation typefaces by doing a search as suggested. There are some pretty good ones there. But what I realized is that what I really want is an “idealized” typewriter typeface. I want a Royal and an Underwood, but the Royal typefaces I found were a bit too distressed. Anyone locate one that looks like it came from the ideally perfect Royal instead of a battered 60-year-old one?

Also, I wonder if there is any software out there that allows you to hear the sound of typing on a Royal or an Underwood manual while you’re using the associated typeface in a word processor.

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There were programs that simulated the sound of a typewriter, but I’ve no idea what their names are. I also think that they made noise whenever you hit a key, and not just when you were using a specific font in a word processor.

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http://www.yaodownload.com/utilites/system-utilities/keyboard-sounder/

demo is free, but $25 sounds a bit steep just to make noise…

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here’s a free one:

http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Home_Typist/4-8374-1.html

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Just go to a Goodwill and buy a typewriter for less than the cost of the software and fonts. :slight_smile:

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I use this, Noisy Keyboard (and Noisy Mouse), it’s free, it’s small -500 KB, and basically just adds events to the Windows Control Panel/Sounds module while it’s running. You can assign special sounds to certain keys (arrow keys, space bar, back space and delete keys) or give them all the same sound. It comes with 7 .wav files, but any .wav file could be used.

That it won’t do, you’d have to reset all the sound events for the keyboard every time you change fonts.

If ya hunt around there are lots of old timey keystroke sounds on the web, maybe not the exact sound that a Royal or Underwood manual would make but close enough.

CMC fnord!

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Ah, yes, that would be simpler, but really I only want to simulate typing. My pinkies have never been strong enough to operate a manual, no matter how much I played around with my dad’s old Smith-Corona as a kid.