Adler TIPPA Portable TypeWriter
This is a later model, likely from 1979, manufactured in the Netherlands. Script font - Script Ro 75 with 11 letters per inch, QWERTY keyboard. White plastic casing, black key tops. The typewriter is in very good condition with very little signs of use.The lid/carrying case has a few marks.
Came with:
- newly fitted black ribbon (this model uses single colour ribbon only
- integrated carrying case/lid,
- original Instruction Handbook
The Script Ro 75 typeface (also known as Roma) was designed and manufactured by Ransmayer & Rodrian (RaRo), a prominent German company specializing in typewriter type slugs.
Design Origin and Manufacturing
Company: Ransmayer & Rodrian (RaRo) was the primary producer of this script. Founded by Alfred Ransmayer and Albert Rodrian, the company operated out of Berlin and became a leading supplier of typefaces to major European and global typewriter manufacturers.
Role as a Third-Party Foundry: Unlike many computer fonts designed by a single independent artist, typewriter typefaces like Ro 75 were often developed by industrial font foundries like RaRo and then licensed to machine manufacturers.
Adoption by Manufacturers: Major companies such as Olympia, Adler, and Triumph purchased the Ro 75 slugs from RaRo to offer as a premium font option on their machines.
Variations in Name:
While RaRo officially designated the design as Ro 75 or Roma, it was rebranded by various manufacturers for marketing purposes:
Olympia: Marketed it simply as Script 75 or Tall Script.
Smith Corona: Used a nearly identical design marketed in North America as Artistic Script #75SR.
Other Foundries: Similar versions were sometimes produced by other suppliers like Setag or Tangens, who often imitated RaRo's successful designs.