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mwichary , vor 14 Tagen an Random Englisch

This week at Config I gave a talk about pixel fonts that I think turned out really well.

It’s called “In defense of an old pixel,” and I don’t think I ever worked harder on a talk before. Check it out here! (25 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDI8ubVZi7w

mwichary , vor 21 Tagen an Random Englisch

The hotel security was curious why I’m taking photos of hidden stairwell placards.

“This engraving font is named Gorton and is well over 100 years old! It was originally made for camera lenses in the U.K. It’s everywhere around you, usually in places like these.”

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mwichary , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Love that you can quietly harbour a little side “career” that LinkedIn will never know about.

mwichary , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

Book idea: Showing PC motherboards every 5 years since 1981 (maybe even earlier?), showing what changed and talking about the changes and what one can learn from them. Same with ISA/PCI cards and other things that went inside the case.

(Inspired by watching this Usagi Electric video: https://youtu.be/Alsv-v9o4yQ?si=83eXjCkQnjc9FrTf)

mwichary , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

What would you consider as the most recognizable bitmap fonts in tech history?

I’m imagining stuff like:

• the arcade/Atari font
• Chicago (Mac, then iPod)
• VCR/video equipment fonts
• Minecraft font
• IBM PC fonts (MDA, VGA, stuff like that)
• perhaps System font from Windows 3.x
• Commodore 64, just because of the sheer popularity of the machine

What am I missing?

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mwichary , vor 4 Monaten an Random Englisch

Doing something in LaTeX for the first time in my life and I am so NOT impressed!

(Granted, I’m trying to make a poster with images which might not be the main use case, but… what a mess.)