Machine Note 07

Key Gaps

spaces between keys, dust lines, worn edges, and small mechanical pauses. Keep the writing on form, surface, ink, paper, shadow, and machine geometry.

Key Gaps visual detail

Keep it mechanical, not instructional.

Cleanlivo works best when the typewriter is treated as an object: keys in rows, ribbons in tension, rollers holding paper, stamped letters with uneven edges.

Let the marks stay visual.

Write about ink, pressure, spacing, and old surfaces. Avoid telling readers what to type, how to repair a machine, or how to handle official documents.

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