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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 25 Aug 2016
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      In a fancy Amazon tower, waiting for the TypeCon keynote to start. I suppose this security card is… typo… grap… hy…pic.twitter.com/NZLpC35VRI – at Amazon - Doppler (SEA 45)

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 25 Aug 2016
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      Mexico City metro signage, by Lance Wyman. Each station has its own pictogram. http://graphicambient.com/2012/05/23/mexico-city-metro-mexico/ …pic.twitter.com/xLxpSpWaTs

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 25 Aug 2016
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      And Lance Wyman’s Minnesota Zoo signage. Those animal digits are so funny (especially 4).pic.twitter.com/67PtdyN1rY

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 25 Aug 2016
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      Lance Wyman’s most famous for the 1968 Mexico Olympics work, but his first poster was… not as refined.pic.twitter.com/BSGUBKpPVs

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 26 Aug 2016
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      Yesterday’s print shop tour was a history of 10 fonts, from 1860 to 2008, at School of Visual Concepts.pic.twitter.com/xoVYAqarwL – at School of Visual Concepts

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 26 Aug 2016
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      Check out Stymie Light with alternate long ascenders and descenders!pic.twitter.com/1UTyvHfZHW

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 26 Aug 2016
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      Or this inverse copy of Gill Sans, inexplicably (and poetically) named Airport Relief.pic.twitter.com/GX7SZ6Wfuh – at School of Visual Concepts

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 26 Aug 2016
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      Here is one font with a pretty unfortunate name. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_(typeface) …pic.twitter.com/lsULfBDDyE – at School of Visual Concepts

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 26 Aug 2016
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      As far as conference badges go, this is not a very usable one. The entire identity is too much style over substance.pic.twitter.com/QlhKPIJavF

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    10. TypeEd  📒‏ @TypeEd 28 Aug 2016
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      And not even sitting on the baseline. *typenerdcringe*

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 28 Aug 2016
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      I guess if it’s inspired by bitmap fonts, it kind of makes sense, maybe?

      12:26 PM - 28 Aug 2016
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        2. TypeEd  📒‏ @TypeEd 28 Aug 2016
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          Maybe! I think I missed talking to a lot of people because I couldn't read their name 2 feet away.

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 28 Aug 2016
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          Oh, definitely.

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