Source: Common Dreams
by Sheryl Oring
“When Katharine Tito approached the vintage typewriter at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, skepticism was written across her face. Though she’d spotted typewriters in thrift stores, she’d never actually used one. As a graphic design student immersed in digital tools, the mechanical contraption before her seemed like a relic. But as she began typing people’s messages to the President of the United States for my ‘I Wish to Say’ project, something shifted. Her fingers found their rhythm on the keys, and her expression transformed. ‘It’s different from anything I’ve experienced,’ she told me. ‘Each keystroke feels weighty, permanent. You can’t just delete and start over. You have to think about every word. Sometimes people would talk too fast, and I’d have to tell them, ‘You’ve got to slow down because I can only go so quickly.”” (01/07/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/typewriter-resurgence-democracy