<s>
The	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
a	O
portable	O
mechanical	O
typewriter	O
designed	O
by	O
Marcello	O
Nizzoli	O
in	O
1949	O
or	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
current	O
owner	O
Telecom	O
Italia	O
,	O
1950	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1959	O
the	O
Illinois	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
chose	O
the	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
design	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
100	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
an	O
oblique	O
frontstroke	O
typebar	O
typewriter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
basket	O
shift	O
or	O
segment	O
shift	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
the	O
unit	O
including	O
the	O
typebars	O
moves	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
when	O
shifting	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
carriage	O
shift	O
system	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
quite	O
compact	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
1950s	O
portable	O
typewriters	O
using	O
a	O
basket	O
shift	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Smith	O
Corona	O
Sterling	O
or	O
Remington-Rand	O
Quiet-Riter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
tabulator	O
setting	O
and	O
clearing	O
system	O
that	O
is	O
controlled	O
from	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
innovative	O
margin	O
release	O
that	O
does	O
double	O
duty	O
as	O
a	O
paragraph	O
indentation	O
key	O
(	O
it	O
indents	O
a	O
paragraph	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
held	O
down	O
as	O
the	O
carriage	O
is	O
returned	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
typing	O
keys	O
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
includes	O
a	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
,	O
two	O
shift	B-Device
keys	I-Device
,	O
one	O
caps	B-Device
lock	I-Device
key	I-Device
,	O
a	O
backspace	B-Device
key	I-Device
and	O
a	O
margin	O
release	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
these	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
backspace	B-Device
key	I-Device
bears	O
a	O
mark	O
on	O
it	O
(	O
an	O
arrow	O
pointing	O
right	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
five	O
mentioned	O
are	O
left	O
anonymous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
mentioned	O
on	O
pg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
typewriter	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
1999	O
film	O
The	O
Talented	O
Mr.	O
Ripley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indro	O
Montanelli	O
,	O
the	O
famous	O
Italian	O
journalist	O
and	O
newspaper	O
director	O
,	O
used	O
his	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
almost	O
everywhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
inspired	O
from	O
a	O
famous	O
photo	O
of	O
Montanelli	O
from	O
the	O
1950s	O
,	O
is	O
dedicated	O
to	O
him	O
and	O
his	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
American	O
writer	O
Joan	O
Didion	O
mentions	O
her	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
in	O
her	O
book	O
Where	O
I	O
Was	O
From	O
,	O
recalling	O
that	O
she	O
typed	O
her	O
1963	O
novel	O
Run	O
River	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
William	O
S	O
.	O
Burroughs	O
replaced	O
his	O
Remington	O
typewriter	O
with	O
a	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
in	O
1964	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Austrian	O
composer	O
Olga	O
Neuwirth	O
requested	O
an	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
in	O
her	O
2018	O
piece	O
Magic	O
Flu-idity	O
for	O
solo-flute	O
(	O
and	O
typewriter	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sylvia	O
Plath	O
used	O
an	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
on	O
Cape	O
Cod	O
with	O
Ted	O
Hughes	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
1957	O
:	O
"	O
They	O
had	O
no	O
phone	O
and	O
no	O
car	O
,	O
just	O
their	O
bicycles	O
,	O
Sylvia	O
's	O
new	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
typewriter	O
(	O
a	O
gift	O
from	O
Aurelia	O
)	O
,	O
some	O
books	O
,	O
and	O
clothes	O
"	O
(	O
Clark	O
,	O
Heather	O
.	O
</s>
