QWERTZ Manor 1500 Deluxe Typewriter with Extremely Rare "Venezia" Typeface by Axel Bertram

VENEZIA typeface. One of the rarest typefaces & unique designs ever made. Not easy to find at all and not many still available . 

The typeface is described as script in italic grace

Venezia is one of three designs that the commercial artist, illustrator and typographer Axel Bertram developed from 1976-1979 for the Erika 105  typewriter.

Manor is a rebrand of ERIKA. 

This typewriter has a wide carriage, uncommon coloured frame and a leather like travel bag. 

As per online resources, The typewriter typeface is based on the classical italic typefaces of the Italian Renaissance, in particular the fonts created by Francesco Griffo around 1500 for the Venetian publisher Aldus Manutius. The uniform letter width of the travel typewriter required some intervention in the typeface appearance: “All letters”, said Betram, “have to be made to have the same width, which is fundamentally contrary to the anatomy of the Latin script.”

Mechanical condition:

Professionally serviced  to perfect working order.

Smooth and ready to type for long hours. 

New & fresh purple Ribbon Fitted. 

Excellent dinging bell. 

Cosmetic condition:

Uncommon and Rare original  green frame. 

Like all our typewriters, it was genuinely cleaned  & serviced.

Excellent cosmetic condition with Minor surface marks, 

There is a damage to back carriage panel that we re connected and made stronger. 

Comes with Original leather like travel case that perfectly takes the typewriter and you all secured inside it. All clips are tact,. 

Keyboard & Font/Typeface:

QWERTZ Keyboard

VENEZIA Typeface 

10 pts per the inch.