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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 21 Feb 2019
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      In my keyboard research, one of the most amazing and constant features is how *early* some of the ideas appeared. Often, the things that seem to only make sense in the computer universe, existed much earlier, in the physical world.

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      Take this, for example. It’s a panel you might recognize from your Mac, or Android phone, or any other device – a simple way for anyone who’s not a typesetter to access special characters unavailable from the keyboard.pic.twitter.com/IbpAqXZCbI

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      That’s easy for computers that can hide things inside, but what about typewriters? From their very first year, it has always been an issue of what to do when you needed to print a character that your keyboard didn’t have.

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      Overtyping could only get you so far, and pencilling or penning things in after typing was cumbersome and unprofessional.pic.twitter.com/9EYMDQEb6g

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      And so, some typewriters started offering changeable or mutil-faceted typebars, but that would only get you a bunch of new characters… not nearly enough. (Dial-A-Type™ is such a great name, though.)pic.twitter.com/Pg06eYJLWF

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      Others allows you to buy a new key and a matching typebar. But usually, only a few designated keys were swappable.pic.twitter.com/LbMsNcUGgz

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      Other typewriters – this is not a joke – offered twin models that effectively joined two typewriters together, but that was ridiculously expensive, and only extended your runway via 40 or so new characters.pic.twitter.com/Tz4rg5Ssqx

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      The most popular solution in this space was a Selectric, a typewriter with an interchangeable type ball, introduced by IBM in 1961.pic.twitter.com/y1ttaIVyQN

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    9. épinards & caramel‏ @epinardscaramel 21 Feb 2019
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      That little ball is a work of art on its own 😍

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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      Replying to @epinardscaramel

      It is! Ah.

      11:55 PM - 21 Feb 2019
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