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A free generative art piece — play it in your browser, no install. A cozy typewriter for the web: a 3D manual typewriter with real-feeling paper, ribbon ink and synthesised mechanical sound. Write, draw typewriter art, or get a guide to type it on your own machine.

by @winchxyz · winchxyz/platen on GitHubLANG JavaScriptHOSTED ON WINCHXYZ.GITHUB.IOUPDATED 9 Oct 2026

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A cozy typewriter for the web.

A 3D manual typewriter in your browser, with real-feeling paper, ribbon ink and mechanical sound.

For writing slowly, and for typewriter art.

▶ Watch the 40-second intro with sound

Platen is a typewriter simulator made for the pleasure of typing. The strike point stays put while the carriage slides under it, one character at a time. The bell rings eight characters before the margin, the carriage locks there until you throw it back, and every finished sheet goes into a stack you can read, copy, save or print.

Nothing in it is a recording or a photo.

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