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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 14 > Martin Tytell, known as ‘Mr. Typewriter,’ kept 2 million typefaces

Martin Tytell, known as ‘Mr. Typewriter,’ kept 2 million typefaces

By Bruce Weber / The Bulletin
September 14, 2008

NEW YORK — Martin Tytell, whose unmatched knowledge of typewriters was a boon to American spies during World War II, a tool for the defense lawyers for Alger Hiss, and a necessity for literary luminaries and perhaps tens of thousands of everyday scriveners who asked him to keep their....

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