The billionaire’s typewriter | Butterick’s Practical Typography
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The billionaire’s typewriter | Butterick’s Practical Typography The billionaire’s typewriter A friend pointed me to a story on Medium called “Death to Typewriters,” by Medium designer Marcin Wichary. The story is about the influence of the typewriter on digital typesetting. It references my “excellent list” of typewriter habits . Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Wichary. I can’t quibble with the details of your piece. It’s true that Medium and I are opposed to certain typographic shortcuts imported from the typewriter. But by the end, I realized I disagree deeply w
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