What's to/a typecast?

To typecast, to put it simply, is to publish online a text (a blogpost, poetry, a short story, …) which contain partly or in totality a photo of a typewritten text.

A typecast is the result of this publication.

Why do such a thing?

Why not?

More seriously, there's a few reasons to do that. One of them is simply to showcase one's collection of typewriters. An other is because typewritten texts can become artistic creations by themselves. Or because typewritten texts tend to be more raw, less polished, maybe more authentic than regular blogposts. It's also just an excuse to use our beloved typewriter(s)!

What's the typosphere?

The typosphere is the online community of typewriter enthusiasts. Some typecast, others don't.

On the lemmyverse, the typosphere is represented by three communities:

• !typewriters@lemmy.cafe, for discussions about typewriters;
• !typecasts@sh.itjust.works, for online publications of typewritten texts;
• !typewriterrevolution@lemmy.world, for discussion about Richard Polt's seminal book and the movement it gave birth to.