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zeldman Apr 13, 2024

Sure, watches that tell you when you’re walking unsteadily and pocket computer phones that show you the closest pizzeria are swell, but were you around for ResEdit?

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@zeldman I don’t have any screenshots of it, but after experimenting a bit I replaced the main system font on my original Mac with Tekton. It was easy to change using ResEdit, but the problem was finding a different font that had similar enough geometry to Chicago that it didn’t mess up the UI.