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Marcin Wichary
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Marcin Wichary

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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
Joined October 2009

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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 6 Feb 2019
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      And this one also has the smiley: http://xoverit.blogspot.com/2011/06/scm-changeable-type-easy-mystery_2.html …

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 6 Feb 2019
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      And likewise:https://wrongwaywriteway.com/2015/12/08/sc-coronet-super-12/ …

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 6 Feb 2019
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      And here. (Scroll down a bit.) Hope all of this is helpful. :·)http://www.uppercasetypewriter.com/#personal 

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 6 Feb 2019
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      And here. :·) http://vintageempiresg.blogspot.com/2015/09/sensational-selectric-interchangeable.html …

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 6 Feb 2019
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      (This one has a typing sample.)pic.twitter.com/2U3b3f2Omk

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    6. Shady Characters‏ @shadychars 7 Feb 2019
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      This is AMAZING. Thank you very much! I'll have to put together a smileys-on-typewriters post as a follow-up to the emoji series.

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Feb 2019
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      There was also a rare third-party Selectric ball with a smiley constructed of two halves. Let me know and I’ll send you more info about it.

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    8. Carl Clark‏ @cfclark 7 Feb 2019
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      I took a Selectric in for service, and the repair guy mentioned that this existed. I wasn't sure if this was something that had been around for a while or had been created (3D-printed?) more recently.

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    9. Carl Clark‏ @cfclark 7 Feb 2019
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      (There is a "cult of the Selectric" I guess, but I don't know if it's serious enough to have inspired new custom typeballs.)

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    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Feb 2019
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      I know of (one) 3D printing attempt: http://3dprintingindustry.com/news/dot-san-partners-artist-ehryn-torrel-3d-print-beautiful-memory-33052/ … …but the typeball I was thinking of was a genuine product.

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Feb 2019
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      From a company named GP: Sunshine Script or Sunshine Orator. The catalogue is from 3/86pic.twitter.com/5BeA1WY7by

      6:48 AM - 7 Feb 2019
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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Feb 2019
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          I thought I had a photo of that ball, with a split face, but I think I must have imagined it. Anyway, this is already highlighting a problem with smileys/emoji – their proportions don’t quite fit classic type. It’s still a problem today with setting them alongside regular text.

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Feb 2019
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          I wonder if that repair guy meant the same ball!

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