Fax Art

posted Dec 12, 2024 by Tom Fasano

I sent the fax to myself, something called a loopback fax. I do not actually own a fax machine (analog faxing). I pay for a fax service and can easily send the fax to myself. Also, my fax number is posted above. So send me your art if you’re equipped to do so.


Just in case anyone’s interested, here’s what the original looks like.


A Little Christmasey

posted Dec 10, 2024 by Tom Fasano

Typecast done with a Royal Safari typewriter

A thermal print of the Royal Safari I used to type this post.

Sandy and Santa

posted Dec 6, 2024 by Tom Fasano


Sandy and I went to the annual lighting of the Christmas tree in the Claremont Village. I couldn’t resist taking her picture in front of big Santa.

August Kleinzahler, a Poet Who Loves His Typewriter

posted Oct 21, 2024 by Tom Fasano

San Francisco’s Angry Poet

One of my favorite poets, August Kleinzahler, uses a Smith-Corona typewriter exclusively, and sometimes while sitting on the toilet. In the photo, the bad boy of American poetry has a drink at one of his hangouts, the Zam Zam bar in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.