Meaning of typosphere | Babel Free

Definitions

The community of typewriter enthusiasts.

informal, singular, singular-only

Examples

“Matt Cidoni, 16, of East Brunswick, N.J., keeps a picture of his favorite machine, a Royal No. 10, on his iPod Touch so he can show it off to friends. Online, he is a proud member of the "typosphere," a global community of typewriter geeks. Like many of them, he enjoys "typecasting," or tapping out typewritten messages, which he scans and posts to his Web site, Adventures in Typewriterdom.”

“Having collected typewriters for more than 20 years, Polt decided to join the "typosphere" and start "typecasting". Simply put, he uses a typewriter to capture his thoughts, then scans the page and uploads it to his blog.”

“It is ironic, then, how social media has both supercharged and democratized the hobby, whose denizens have gone from a small handful of (predominantly older, white, male, American) collectors to a truly global "typosphere" of individuals of every race, religion, gender orientation, and political persuasion, whose uniting feature is an obsession with these antiquated writing machines.”

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