Sleepwalking Nocturne

posted Jul 30, 2025 by Tom Fasano

Typed on a Smith-Corona Electra 120

What’s interesting about this typewriter is that it can type umlauts and accent marks. For example, type the umlaut and the key strikes, but the platen doesn’t move. It waits for you to type the proper vowel to sit underneath the umlaut. Same for accent marks.