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Marcin Wichary documents forgotten keyboard symbols across PC and Mac history

Wichary shares essay on Mastodon, highlights Insert and Delete symbols

2 Sep 18 1:01 PM · 6d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 2 of 4

Wichary announces the first part of his essay on Mastodon, drawing particular attention to the proofreading-inspired symbols used for Insert, Delete, and other keys in PC keyboard history.

“I wrote recently about some keyboard symbols that were lost to time! The first part has the PC side, and the absolutely beautiful, proofreading-inspired symbols for Insert, Delete, and other things”

mwichary@mastodon.online

Marcin WicharyMarcin Wichary Designer, typographer, and author

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