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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. Glenn Fleishman‏Verified account @GlennF 13 Apr 2019
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      (by rarely, I mean that fonts of type didn't typically include superscripts, so it would be a specialized and irritating thing to include them in hand setting)

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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      OH MY GOD. I think I found it. Date checks out. Note the curved apostrophe consistent with the legend on the key on the above typewriter, and with the presence of two curved quotation marks, too. Best news: Public domain.pic.twitter.com/gGGeNQ96FQ

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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      (@WideSpacer will be happy with *four* spaces after the full stop.)

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    4. Eric Fischer‏ @enf 13 Apr 2019
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      Fantastic find! I don't see the curly quotes, though. What am I missing?

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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      They are not in this letter. I’m saying that the curliness of the single quote is consistent with the curly double quotes on the same typewriter.

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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      I did find other letters from the same model (?) with curly double quotes, too!pic.twitter.com/g7UzVE1NUg

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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      *And* I found this amazing early letter written on a Sholes & Glidden. All high-res scans in public domain. What a good day!pic.twitter.com/UbxvSZRvSq

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    8. Eric Fischer‏ @enf 13 Apr 2019
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      Thank you! Great to see what the curly quotes looked like

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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      I wish we could know what was the story there! It seemed like for a few years the typewriters were on their way to better typography… but then it all snapped back.

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    10. Eric Fischer‏ @enf 14 Apr 2019
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      Was there competition that had # and %, and Remington had to have them too to avoid losing business?

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Apr 2019
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      It’s my understanding Remington was never really under any real threat until way later (from Underwood and so on). They were flying solo for very long, and developed a great sales force.

      12:11 AM - 14 Apr 2019
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        1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Apr 2019
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          But it’s possible that the business needs won over any way. Maybe people just complained about the lack of those symbols?

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