New ribbons for typewriters are readily available on ebay and other second hand sites. Factories are still making them. Ribbons are of fairly standard manufacture, even if the reels on each typewriter are not. Ribbons are easy to detach from the plastic spools they are purchased on, and transfer onto the spools that held the previous ribbon on your typewriter. Each ribbon can be used through multiple times.

New ribbons for typewriters are readily available on ebay and other second hand sites. Factories are still making them. Ribbons are of fairly standard manufacture, even if the reels on each typewriter are not. Ribbons are easy to detach from the plastic spools they are purchased on, and transfer onto the spools that held the previous ribbon on your typewriter. Each ribbon can be used through multiple times.

==Ultralight typewriters==

==Typewriters==

for street writers who carry their writing gear around, the lighter their typewriter can be, the better, as long as the machine is still resilient. This is a table of light typewriters.  

for street writers who carry their writing gear around, the lighter their typewriter can be, the better, as long as the machine is still resilient. This is a table of light typewriters.