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Technically We Write
Personal blog · technicallywewrite.comwritingprogramming
Technically We Write is a personal blog at technicallywewrite.com about writing and programming. Since 2023, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's post on Epson MX-80 dot-matrix printer fonts. One commenter questions whether the font sample shown is stretched wider than the printer's default.
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What Hacker News says?
Something isn't right with this, though. I don't remember if there was a "wide" mode, but this font, while it feels very accurate, is somehow stretched wider than what would have been default. Here's an image of something from an MX-80 that looks more like what I remember: https://technicallywewrite.com/images/2024/07/epson2.png (taken from https://technicallywewrite.com/2024/07/01/dotmatrix ). Still, thanks for sha…
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