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Typewriter Art
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Typewriter Art is a form of visual art in traditional media created using typewriters. A similar art form in the digital age is ASCII Art.
portrays Spock, artist is Craig Highberger, The caption underneath: "Would you believe that if you held this at a distance it will look like Spock. I knew I'd find a use for all those typing lessons in High School." - from The Monthly Trek #1 (1968)
portrays Spock, artist is Linda Button, from Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Yearbook (1971)
Spock from The Price of Friendship, art by Alan Mason ? (1977)
portrays Aaron Stempel from Here Come the Brides, artist is Meg Fouty, from Despatch #43 (1980)
portrays Spock, from CONTRAST #3 (1984)
Fan Comments
2013
The Monthly Trek appears to have only existed for a single month (irony in spaaaaaace!), but it was long enough for Craig Highberger to make this piece on his typewriter. Oh yeah, his freakin’ typewriter. Think about that. I’ll bet it wasn’t even a fancy-pants IBM Selectric, either." - [1]
Further Reading
- A Visual History of Typewriter Art from 1893 to Today by Maria Popova (2022?)
References
- ^ The Nineteen Coolest Illustrations from Star Trek Fanzines, Archived version (October 4, 2013)