Brush one letter at a time. Right-drag, hold Space and drag, or use two fingers to pan. Esc returns to typing.
A vintage manual typewriter, rebuilt in 3D. Modeled keys move the exposed linkage and swing matching typebars through an inked ribbon onto the page — with a working carriage, mounted margin bell, shift basket, and key jams you clear by hand. Printable characters that have no matching 3D key still land on the paper without moving the wrong keycap. Drag to walk around the machine, tap the fresh stack to load paper, or open Focus Paper to write on the page alone. Use Typo Correct from either view to zoom in and cover a mistaken letter with a paper-matched brush.
Antique Typewriter is a free 3D vintage typewriter simulator that runs in your browser. Type on your keyboard and watch the full mechanism respond: typebars swing through the inked ribbon, the carriage steps along, the margin bell rings, and the shift key drops the whole type basket. No signup, no install.
Yes — completely free with no hidden limits, no account required, and no watermarks. Everything you type stays on your device.
Just start typing — Enter is the carriage return. Drag to orbit the machine, scroll or pinch to zoom, and tap the fresh paper stack (or use Load New Sheet in the menu) to feed a new page. Focus Paper hides the machine so you can write on the page alone. Typo Correct lets you zoom in and cover a mistaken letter with a paper-matched brush before typing over it. Everything runs locally in your browser.
Because ink on paper is permanent. On a real manual typewriter the backspace key only moves the carriage back one space — typists used it to overstrike characters or add accents, not to delete. Antique Typewriter keeps that honest: backspace steps back, and whatever you type next lands on top. For a true correction, open Typo Correct from the Page menu or the Focus Paper toolbar, zoom in, and cover the mistaken letter.
Turn on Key Jams in the menu and type too fast: two typebars tangle mid-swing, exactly like a real machine. Tap either highlighted key — or the notice at the bottom of the screen — to pull the bars apart and keep typing.
No. Everything runs locally in your browser using JavaScript and WebGL. Nothing you type ever leaves your device — there are no servers, no uploads, and no tracking beyond basic anonymous page analytics.
OverType is a beloved 2D typewriter simulator; Antique Typewriter puts the whole machine in front of you in 3D — you can orbit it, watch every typebar swing, and see the ribbon and carriage actually work. It also has the feature OverType fans have requested for years: real key jams you clear by hand. If you like this, try Paper Jam, a dot matrix printer simulator from the same arcade.
Yes. Tap the machine to bring up your keyboard and type; drag with one finger to orbit and pinch to zoom. A hardware keyboard gives the most typewriter-like feel, but the full mechanism works on any modern phone or tablet.
Download any completed page as a 1800 × 2200 PNG, or the current page as plain text. Everything is generated locally in your browser.