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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 19 Oct 2015
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      The “smart” in “smart quotes” is more complicated than it might seem. I wrote about the messiness of typography:https://medium.com/designing-medium/quotation-marks-c8993b54417c …

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 19 Oct 2015
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      Also, somewhere in your Chrome there’s a line that I put there to make typography better. ^_^https://medium.com/@mwichary/fixing-a-chrome-dictionary-issue-bbd7c5314f01 …

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 20 Oct 2015
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      The Week Of Typography continues with my first article in Smashing Magazine. It’s all about spaces in type: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/10/space-yourself/ …

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Oct 2015
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      Back To The Future! Go to http://medium.com  and search for C:\WINDOWS to activate a typographical easter egg.

      4 replies 25 retweets 38 likes
    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Oct 2015
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      …and then read all about the crazy backstory of a 25-year-old font coming back to haunt us: https://medium.com/@mwichary/system-shock-6b1dc6d6596f …

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 Oct 2015
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      Then there’s this little typographical love letter:https://medium.com/love-actually/brooklyn-dfb8d95db2ca …

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 Oct 2015
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      …and a sprawling photo essay about a few places where you can play with physical typography: https://medium.com/@mwichary/type-in-your-hand-512a5a6cbb98 …pic.twitter.com/Mm0nDCmtoS

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 Oct 2015
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      Wrote six pieces about typography this week so different in scope, tone, and approach, that I feel my brain went through a huge workout.

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    9. Tech Etiquette‏ @Techiquette 25 Oct 2015
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      @mwichary if @Medium is so into good typography, how are travesties like this email footer occurring?pic.twitter.com/kc2tbU7Viz

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 25 Oct 2015
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      @Techiquette @Medium Of all the ways to ask about it, why did you choose such a hostile one?

      4:38 PM - 25 Oct 2015
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        1. Tech Etiquette‏ @Techiquette 25 Oct 2015
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          @mwichary the pain of having to look at text like that all the time online runs deep.

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