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The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (aresluna.org)

submitted 6 days ago by Eccentric@sh.itjust.works to c/longreads@sh.itjust.works

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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Fascinating read.

I got into mechanical keyboards during the pandemic, and realised as I read the article that this typeface is right here on my desk, on the letters of my keyboard, looking back at me. Never thought about where that lettering came from, or that it would have such a long history.