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Fonts. 600 photos. omg
In 2007, on my first trip to New York City, I grabbed a brand-new DSLR camera and photographed all the fonts I was supposed to love. I admired American Typewriter in all of the I <3 NYC logos, watched Akzidenz Grotesk and Helvetica fighting over the subway signs, and even caught an occasional appearance of the flawlessly-named Gotham, still a year before it skyrocketed in popularity via Barack Obama’s first campaign.
But there was one font I didn’t even notice, even though it was everywhere around me.
Last year in New York, I walked over 100 miles and took thousands of photos of one and one font only.
~ Marcin Wichary, from The hardest working font in Manhattanslip:4uaete1.
What. WHAT? WAT?! Words fail me… there are 600 photos in this article. I couldn’t stop staring at the technology parts, and keyboards—so much of that reminds me of my youngling days. I leaned in for the photography, which is gorgeous macrophotography. And fell headlong into the nostalgia.
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#MarcinWichary #Nostalgia #Typography -
Fonts. 600 photos. omg
In 2007, on my first trip to New York City, I grabbed a brand-new DSLR camera and photographed all the fonts I was supposed to love. I admired American Typewriter in all of the I <3 NYC logos, watched Akzidenz Grotesk and Helvetica fighting over the subway signs, and even caught an occasional appearance of the flawlessly-named Gotham, still a year before it skyrocketed in popularity via Barack Obama’s first campaign.
But there was one font I didn’t even notice, even though it was everywhere around me.
Last year in New York, I walked over 100 miles and took thousands of photos of one and one font only.
~ Marcin Wichary, from The hardest working font in Manhattan
slip:4uaete1.
What. WHAT? WAT?! Words fail me… there are 600 photos in this article. I couldn’t stop staring at the technology parts, and keyboards—so much of that reminds me of my youngling days. I leaned in for the photography, which is gorgeous macrophotography. And fell headlong into the nostalgia.
ɕ
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Fonts. 600 photos. omg
In 2007, on my first trip to New York City, I grabbed a brand-new DSLR camera and photographed all the fonts I was supposed to love. I admired American Typewriter in all of the I <3 NYC logos, watched Akzidenz Grotesk and Helvetica fighting over the subway signs, and even caught an occasional appearance of the flawlessly-named Gotham, still a year before it skyrocketed in popularity via Barack Obama’s first campaign.
But there was one font I didn’t even notice, even though it was everywhere around me.
Last year in New York, I walked over 100 miles and took thousands of photos of one and one font only.
~ Marcin Wichary, from The hardest working font in Manhattan
slip:4uaete1.
What. WHAT? WAT?! Words fail me… there are 600 photos in this article. I couldn’t stop staring at the technology parts, and keyboards—so much of that reminds me of my youngling days. I leaned in for the photography, which is gorgeous macrophotography. And fell headlong into the nostalgia.
ɕ
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It has been a long, cold, mostly icy winter. I’m not sure if age makes this feeling more acute, but the data seem to show that this winter has been colder than average. I can’t remember the last time I pined for spring this badly.
But, just yesterday, as temperatures finally hit 50ºF, the garlic began pushing through the still hard frozen earth. Woohoo!
A quick update on our home addition; […]
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It has been a long, cold, mostly icy winter. I’m not sure if age makes this feeling more acute, but the data seem to show that this winter has been colder than average. I can’t remember the last time I pined for spring this badly.
But, just yesterday, as temperatures finally hit 50ºF, the garlic began pushing through the still hard frozen earth. Woohoo!
A quick update on our home addition; […]
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It has been a long, cold, mostly icy winter. I’m not sure if age makes this feeling more acute, but the data seem to show that this winter has been colder than average. I can’t remember the last time I pined for spring this badly.
But, just yesterday, as temperatures finally hit 50ºF, the garlic began pushing through the still hard frozen earth. Woohoo!
A quick update on our home addition; […]
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Acquired Shift Happens: A Book About Keyboards by (Kickstarter)
This is easily worth thrice the price. So glad I managed to snag this.Shift Happens tells the story of keyboards like no book ever before, covering 150 years from the early typewriters to the pixellated keyboards in our pockets.
It’s a book about typists competing during the Shift Wars of the 1880s; Nobel-prize winner Arthur Schawlow using a laser to build the best typo eraser; August Dvorak – and many others – trying to dethrone QWERTY; Margaret Longley and Lenore Fenton perfecting touch typing; Soviet agents listening to American keystrokes; women pouring into offices, eager to do more than typing and re-typing; people aspiring to make the best mechanical keyboard today by blending the past and the future.
This is the only book that connects the world of typewriters to the universe of computers. Whether you’re into vintage typewriters, classic clicky IBM keyboards, or modern mechanical wonders, it will have something for you. None of the above? Get ready to become a keyboard nerd anyway, and look at an everyday boring QWERTY slab with newfound respect.
You’ve never seen a book on technology like this. Shift Happens is full of stories – some never before told – interleaved with 1,000+ beautiful full-color photos across two volumes. This edition features an extra volume of additional illustrations and “making of” material, and everything comes wrapped in a slipcase. It’s a great gift for keyboard or typewriter aficionados, but also suits everyone who cares about design, the stories of everyday objects, or tech history. -
Acquired Shift Happens: A Book About Keyboards by (Kickstarter)
This is easily worth thrice the price. So glad I managed to snag this.Shift Happens tells the story of keyboards like no book ever before, covering 150 years from the early typewriters to the pixellated keyboards in our pockets.
It’s a book about typists competing during the Shift Wars of the 1880s; Nobel-prize winner Arthur Schawlow using a laser to build the best typo eraser; August Dvorak – and many others – trying to dethrone QWERTY; Margaret Longley and Lenore Fenton perfecting touch typing; Soviet agents listening to American keystrokes; women pouring into offices, eager to do more than typing and re-typing; people aspiring to make the best mechanical keyboard today by blending the past and the future.
This is the only book that connects the world of typewriters to the universe of computers. Whether you’re into vintage typewriters, classic clicky IBM keyboards, or modern mechanical wonders, it will have something for you. None of the above? Get ready to become a keyboard nerd anyway, and look at an everyday boring QWERTY slab with newfound respect.
You’ve never seen a book on technology like this. Shift Happens is full of stories – some never before told – interleaved with 1,000+ beautiful full-color photos across two volumes. This edition features an extra volume of additional illustrations and “making of” material, and everything comes wrapped in a slipcase. It’s a great gift for keyboard or typewriter aficionados, but also suits everyone who cares about design, the stories of everyday objects, or tech history. -
Acquired Shift Happens: A Book About Keyboards by (Kickstarter)
This is easily worth thrice the price. So glad I managed to snag this.Shift Happens tells the story of keyboards like no book ever before, covering 150 years from the early typewriters to the pixellated keyboards in our pockets.
It’s a book about typists competing during the Shift Wars of the 1880s; Nobel-prize winner Arthur Schawlow using a laser to build the best typo eraser; August Dvorak – and many others – trying to dethrone QWERTY; Margaret Longley and Lenore Fenton perfecting touch typing; Soviet agents listening to American keystrokes; women pouring into offices, eager to do more than typing and re-typing; people aspiring to make the best mechanical keyboard today by blending the past and the future.
This is the only book that connects the world of typewriters to the universe of computers. Whether you’re into vintage typewriters, classic clicky IBM keyboards, or modern mechanical wonders, it will have something for you. None of the above? Get ready to become a keyboard nerd anyway, and look at an everyday boring QWERTY slab with newfound respect.
You’ve never seen a book on technology like this. Shift Happens is full of stories – some never before told – interleaved with 1,000+ beautiful full-color photos across two volumes. This edition features an extra volume of additional illustrations and “making of” material, and everything comes wrapped in a slipcase. It’s a great gift for keyboard or typewriter aficionados, but also suits everyone who cares about design, the stories of everyday objects, or tech history. -
Shift Happens Kickstarter: Been waiting for this for years; Marcin's amazing book on the history of typewriters and keyboards is now on Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwichary/shift-happens?ref=2wnl1e
#marcinwichary #kickstarter #typewriter #keyboard #history #design #+ -
Shift Happens Kickstarter: Been waiting for this for years; Marcin's amazing book on the history of typewriters and keyboards is now on Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwichary/shift-happens?ref=2wnl1e
#marcinwichary #kickstarter #typewriter #keyboard #history #design #+ -
Shift Happens Kickstarter: Been waiting for this for years; Marcin's amazing book on the history of typewriters and keyboards is now on Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwichary/shift-happens?ref=2wnl1e
#marcinwichary #kickstarter #typewriter #keyboard #history #design #+ -
@pietvanzoen I’m new-ish around here, so I don’t yet know the Masto-mechanics of how to connect you with #MarcinWichary, but he’s a total keyboard guru, and definitely someone who could help answer your question.
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@pietvanzoen I’m new-ish around here, so I don’t yet know the Masto-mechanics of how to connect you with #MarcinWichary, but he’s a total keyboard guru, and definitely someone who could help answer your question.
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@pietvanzoen I’m new-ish around here, so I don’t yet know the Masto-mechanics of how to connect you with #MarcinWichary, but he’s a total keyboard guru, and definitely someone who could help answer your question.
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@rileycran #MarcinWichary who’s about to publish a book on a book about typewriters would appreciate this
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens
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@rileycran #MarcinWichary who’s about to publish a book on a book about typewriters would appreciate this
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens
#typewriters #ShiftHappens #keyboards -
@rileycran #MarcinWichary who’s about to publish a book on a book about typewriters would appreciate this
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens
#typewriters #ShiftHappens #keyboards -
@rileycran #MarcinWichary who’s about to publish a book on a book about typewriters would appreciate this
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens
#typewriters #ShiftHappens #keyboards -
Great fun! I remember Tango! (By Zbigniew Rybczyński, it seems.) I don't remember the Pet Shop Boys' effort and I seem to have missed Kylie's too. Some catching up to do.
The Ignite format is nice - I might see if I can adopt that.
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Great fun! I remember Tango! (By Zbigniew Rybczyński, it seems.) I don't remember the Pet Shop Boys' effort and I seem to have missed Kylie's too. Some catching up to do.
The Ignite format is nice - I might see if I can adopt that.