Saturday, April 27, 2013

10 or X or What?

I have a Royal desktop standard machine with single glass sides from 1927. It's a beautiful machine and I am really proud to own it, but I have a problem.


I don't know what to call this model. Is it a Royal 10? Should we designate that it's a single beveled window rather than the dual window? Royal 10 Single Window?


Should I follow the convention and use the letter prefix from the serial number? In this case it is X-1089085, so this would be a Royal X.


Or maybe 1927 Royal Standard? What do you, the Typosphere, think?