Susan Kare leafed through a symbol book, and found a “place of interest” icon used in Scandinavia. She found it “abstract and pleasant.”pic.twitter.com/GSmCOXbJq3
Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him
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Susan Kare leafed through a symbol book, and found a “place of interest” icon used in Scandinavia. She found it “abstract and pleasant.”pic.twitter.com/GSmCOXbJq3
They put it on the first Mac keyboard, in the menus, and everywhere else. It’s still there, on your keyboard, thirty-odd years later.pic.twitter.com/3QxMxDxVbD
It’s called a “command key,” but it also has a million colloquial names. Cloverleaf key, butterfly key, splat, pretzel, propeller…
In some Scandinavian countries, it’s apparently even called “ancient monument key.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key …
Some people still call it “Apple key,” which makes some sense given Mac keyboards sported dual and ⌘ designations well into the 2000s.pic.twitter.com/y0A54scjWD
Kare later mentioned someone local told her that the symbol was not abstract after all, that it was chosen inspired by the Borgholm Castle.pic.twitter.com/TLi8KyCYpV
It’s a nice story. It’s also a dubious one; apparently, similar symbols existed for hundreds of years before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looped_square …pic.twitter.com/fpKEeggwVO
But I really like the idea of my keyboard having a CASTLE on it – and so a part of me will quietly believe it. http://www.borgholmsslott.se/en/
In case you are curious, here’s the location of the castle – and you bet I will visit it whenever I’m nearby.https://www.google.com/maps/@56.870833,16.644167,15z?hl=en …
Also, my little contribution to this story: a sign on the road to Borgholm Castle, using the very symbol that could’ve been inspired by it.pic.twitter.com/cxNMuUoyqE
And now, excuse me while I go back to writing a chapter on keyboard shortcuts, using a lot of [Castle]+[Z], [Castle]+[X], and [Castle]+[V].
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