INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: are micrographics on the rise?

Anyone else seeing tiny technical markings show up in places they normally would not? Small codes, symbols, registration marks, spec-like text, and fragments of system language that feel borrowed from lab equipment or industrial parts.

Most people are not actually reading them, and that is beside the point. What those marks seem to communicate is that something more structured sits behind the surface. They suggest engineering, process, and messy human visible logic. In a moment where so much of what we use is shaped by invisible software, AI, and abstract infrastructure, that signal feels oddly comforting.

I’m seeing it more and more. Anyone else noticing it too? Would love to get others thoughts on it.