Marcin Wichary
@aresluna.org
aresluna.org · Wrote a book about the history of keyboards: shifthappens.site · Design @figma · Typographer · Occasional speaker · Chicagoan in training
I can’t find whom I picked this idea up from a few years ago, but I’m paying it forward: Every year I put this up on the wall, and every evening I try to write something I liked about the day I just had (if anything).
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I can’t find whom I picked this idea up from a few years ago, but I’m paying it forward: Every year I put this up on the wall, and every evening I try to write something I liked about the day I just had (if anything).
December 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
1. Looked up “reticle” to make sure I’m using it right. (It’s spelled “reticle” and “reticule,” apparently.)
2. On that page, noticing a photo of a cool device using Gorton.
3. Now I have that device.
2. On that page, noticing a photo of a cool device using Gorton.
3. Now I have that device.
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
1. Looked up “reticle” to make sure I’m using it right. (It’s spelled “reticle” and “reticule,” apparently.)
2. On that page, noticing a photo of a cool device using Gorton.
3. Now I have that device.
2. On that page, noticing a photo of a cool device using Gorton.
3. Now I have that device.
This is an incredible consistency.
December 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This is an incredible consistency.
Very fun! In 12-degree weather even.
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Very fun! In 12-degree weather even.
…but @glennf.com had this great idea of signing a 100 books in advance at the printer’s, when they were still uncut signatures – so some people would be get a nice surprise. Even bought super nice pens just for that occasion. It was a fun moment.
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
…but @glennf.com had this great idea of signing a 100 books in advance at the printer’s, when they were still uncut signatures – so some people would be get a nice surprise. Even bought super nice pens just for that occasion. It was a fun moment.
Really fun to juxtapose with the fall vibes from less than a month ago.
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Really fun to juxtapose with the fall vibes from less than a month ago.
It’s been snow time in Chicago for about 10 days now!
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It’s been snow time in Chicago for about 10 days now!
I wonder if the LINC computer from 1962 is the first pixel font on a display, ever.
The font was 4x6, and the small screen seems to hold only 25x12 characters.
I’m curious if it was designed by Mary Allen Wilkes?
The font was 4x6, and the small screen seems to hold only 25x12 characters.
I’m curious if it was designed by Mary Allen Wilkes?
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I wonder if the LINC computer from 1962 is the first pixel font on a display, ever.
The font was 4x6, and the small screen seems to hold only 25x12 characters.
I’m curious if it was designed by Mary Allen Wilkes?
The font was 4x6, and the small screen seems to hold only 25x12 characters.
I’m curious if it was designed by Mary Allen Wilkes?
Amazing. Apparently I take enough photos of Sneakers-related stuff that my Photos app is now detecting Robert Redford and Dan Aykroyd as my friends.
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Amazing. Apparently I take enough photos of Sneakers-related stuff that my Photos app is now detecting Robert Redford and Dan Aykroyd as my friends.
It turns out I took 1,203 new photos of Gorton ever since publishing the essay about it in February.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It turns out I took 1,203 new photos of Gorton ever since publishing the essay about it in February.
A really interesting (to me) Gorton case study. Same building in Chicago, two sides of the same doorway, and the letterforms are different! Maybe shows how many copies of Gorton were there, modified and shared carelessly?
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A really interesting (to me) Gorton case study. Same building in Chicago, two sides of the same doorway, and the letterforms are different! Maybe shows how many copies of Gorton were there, modified and shared carelessly?
A few more good ones!
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
A few more good ones!
Also the details on the engraving on the more complex characters are so nice. (BTW I am not claiming this ↓ is Gorton! I only know of “Gorton” as supporting Latin alphabet and Cyrillic.)
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Also the details on the engraving on the more complex characters are so nice. (BTW I am not claiming this ↓ is Gorton! I only know of “Gorton” as supporting Latin alphabet and Cyrillic.)
Gorton in Hong Kong confirmed!
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Gorton in Hong Kong confirmed!
I think I just liked that someone did it… even though they didn’t have to. So this is, I guess, my little homage.
Now an intercom without it feels empty!
Now an intercom without it feels empty!
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I think I just liked that someone did it… even though they didn’t have to. So this is, I guess, my little homage.
Now an intercom without it feels empty!
Now an intercom without it feels empty!
(I actually repurposed my Config 2024 pixel font editor for this, ha.)
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
(I actually repurposed my Config 2024 pixel font editor for this, ha.)
It’s kind of fun to see it all over Hong Kong on LCDs of varying quality:
October 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It’s kind of fun to see it all over Hong Kong on LCDs of varying quality:
I’ve noticed a bunch of intercoms in Hong Kong have this animation of a cat on a loop:
October 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I’ve noticed a bunch of intercoms in Hong Kong have this animation of a cat on a loop:
