https://www.reddit.com/r/shavian/comments/1wp1yjj/announcement_of_the_worlds_first_shavian/

Taken from “Imperial News”, Volume 20, Number 2, Winter 1963-64.

This would have been published after 1963-11-22 which is mentioned in the article.

https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/254367

Typewriter- 'Imperial- good companion' which types in the Shavian alphabet

One of a handful of Professional Elite No. 41 machines in the typewriter database as of 2026-08-15:

• https://typewriterdatabase.com/1959-olympia-sm4.10661.typewriter
• https://typewriterdatabase.com/1959-olympia-sm4.17725.typewriter
• https://typewriterdatabase.com/1969-olympia-sm9.12039.typewriter
• https://typewriterdatabase.com/1958-olympia-sm3.18757.typewriter
• https://typewriterdatabase.com/1959-olympia-sg1.11825.typewriter
• https://typewriterdatabase.com/1959-olympia-sm4.22064.typewriter

Of all coincidences, the post immediately after yours in the sub was for a refurbished Studio 44 out of Berkeley Typewriter Shop with a script typeface: https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1vtctas/will_i_regret_it_passing_on_this_olivetti_studio/

The though thing is recognizing how to identify potential script machines in online auctions when they don't explicitly state or show the typeface. For many machines prior to 1970 the clue to a script machine may be a dedicated "1" key as script lower case "l" typically won't suffice to also stand in for the number 1 as it did for most other typefaces.

If you'd like to scroll through some and do some research, the database has a section for typefaces: https://typewriterdatabase.com/typefaces.php If you log in there are also downloadable typeface catalogs you can browse through in addition to the resources Ted Munk has at https://typecast.munk.org/category/typewriter-typestylesfonts/

On machines with stated script faces, you may need to be prepared to pay $100-150 on average above the cost of just the machine itself. Less common (and more expensive) variations are machines with Fraktur, Vertical Script, or Spencerian typefaces.

Good luck in your hunt for one, they're definitely out there and not rare.

Reply to u/Ganimor at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1vtcpjz/cursive_typewriter/

via nickila_typewriter at https://www.instagram.com/p/Db9wFQ2G8eW/

Smith-Corona machines with an @/1 key on the home row can be indicative of a machine with vertical script.

https://typespec.com/green-smith-corona-portable-musicwriter-typewriter-for-sale/

https://archive.org/details/RemingtonAstrologicalKeyboard

https://shopgoodwill.com/item/256505880

Previously bid up to $196 and abandoned: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/254909011

Looks like Remington Cubic 12 Pitch

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TypewriterCollectors/posts/10163202589019678/

14 pitch typewriter has a carriage scale that reads 110 for the width of the machine.

https://www.facebook.com/mr.mrs.vintage/posts/pfbid0NZJByje94LNPJ795Jz4thaRzeFrTtQpiJJQ263DmZb3djGcYRmCPGRCtJHpYXNRol

https://typewriterdatabase.com/show.26500.typewriter

The Apothecary's Typewriter by Scott K on 2012-12-14

https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/xpe5p1/1959_everest_k2_with_my_dream_font_simplicitas/

https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1gt5t92/how_much_is_too_much_for_a_vogue_royal_p/

Smith Corona Typewriter Changeable Type Slugs Faces Styles Demo by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Short demo of changing the typeface on the Smith-Corona 6 series+ using the Smith-Corona Changeable Type functionality.

Based on this example and several in the TWdb, the Smith-Corona Coronet Automatic has a high likelihood for having exotic typefaces.