Typebars

Due to their speed 14.8 character/s, immunity to clashing typebars, and reliability, Selectric models were also widely used as terminals for computers, replacing Teletypes. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Instead of typebars it had a pivoting typeball Image that could be changed to use different fonts in the same document. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Don't write your "copy" with a ribbon which is too worn to be bright; and, while you are about it, clean up those letters on the typebars that have a tendency to fill up with ink and dust. ❋ Charles Phelps Cushing (N/A)

Other people, including some professional writers, simply like the feel of the keys and satisfying clack of the typebars striking the platen on an old manual. ❋ Unknown (2010)

in this case, i did the two outer rows of chain stitch for the typebars, then removed the stabilizer and did the rest. i probably should have just done half the cross stitches,removed it, and then gone back to do the 2nd stitch, but i didn't think of it at the time. the stabilizer was a little tricky to remove around the words. ❋ Amy (2009)

that's actually one of my typewriters, i blogged about it when i first got it, ages ago, and i had fooled around with the photo in photoshop awhile ago, making it outlines only, so it was easy to trace. it's mostly all backstitch with 2 strands, except for the keys, which are single strand, and the typebars, which are chain stitch with 2 strands. ❋ Amy (2009)

The process should be like a QWERTY keyboard ”Frequently used pairs of letters were separated in an attempt to stop the typebars from intertwining and becoming stuck, thus forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars and also frequently blotting the document”. ❋ Unknown (2006)

the array of metal character strikers a.k.a., the typebars into their secondary position for capital letters, symbols and so on. ❋ Unknown (2010)