The most elegant way to correct letters is by using Correction Paper such as TIPP-EX.
These papers come in different colours so that you can match with the colour of the typing paper you are using. If, for example you have typed an incorrect x, you can backspace, hold a correction paper slip over the x and retype x. This will result in only the x disappearing, with only the x part coloured the paper colour. You can then type the correct letter where the x had been and the correction will be detected only by a keen eye.
Three other correction techniques are suggested;
- When mistakes are made, merely type xxxxx over them and carry on. Quick and assertive, it says to your reader that you are using a genuine typewriter and that you make mistakes!
- For some mistakes, backspacing and typing the correct letter over the incorrect one can work. E.g. o-b, c-o, j-g, n-h, h-b work well.
- For the purist, don’t make any mistakes! I.e. if you make a mistake discard the sheet no matter how much work has gone into it. This will require high levels of concentration and care when typing but the reward of a 100% perfect typed sheet can be immense.
Copies
We should allow ourselves to scan or photocopy typed sheets.
If however you wish to take the purist route or current copy facilities are just not available, carbon papers can be used.
This is the meat in a sandwich of two sheets in your typewriter roller. Make sure the carbon paper is the correct way around with the matt carbon side towards the second sheet. Type on your top sheet and a second copy will be produced on your second sheet. Depending on the gauge of your typewriter, you may be able to construct an original and two copies by placing a further carbon paper and then sheet behind the first set.