A manual typewriter is a type of old-fashioned machine used for typing. It doesn't need electricity or a computer, you have to press the keys yourself and it makes a "click" sound as you type. Full definition
When I first started out in law publishing, authors produced copy on manual typewriters, editors used pens and literal cut and paste to hack it into shape, typesetters set the copy in movable lead type or «slugs» and made it up... [more] (slaw.ca)
H. J. Lee weaves an LED dance through spilled rice, Marco Antonio Castro grows basil and wheat grass, Keiko Miyamori embalms old manual typewriters in resin and tree growth, and Sean Slemon paints a pine trunk in gold leaf. (haberarts.com)
If California Typewriter slightly overstays its welcome, as Nichol pushes past a natural end point to make the case for manual typewriters as the new vinyl... well, that seems somehow appropriate, too. (rottentomatoes.com)