Type like your grandmother used to with this authentic typewriter simulator

Jul11

by Sindy Cator on July 11, 2016 at 1:22 pm

While the advent of the personal computer has rendered the good old typewriter virtually defunct, the fascination with typewriters is still real. If you’ve always wondered what it’s like to type on an actual typewriter, OverType will certainly satisfy your curiosity for the past – and probably finally kill your irrational nostalgia for this antiquated piece of tech. Built by Ben Wheeler, it’s a Web-based simulator that emulates the experience of typing on an authentic manual typewriter. Just like the real deal, the quirky app was programmed to prevent you from typing multiple characters at a time so whenever you press more than one keys, OverType will skip a letter. In addition…