Vhara shambadzo

Muna 1989, Apple yakahaya Thomas Rickner. Kwakanga kuri kutanga kwerwendo rwakazoguma nekusumwa kwemafonti anodhinda kukombiyuta yega yega.

Kutaipa kunoshungurudza

Rickner akasarudza nezvebasa rake pakati pemakore ekuma1980, asi purofesa wake wekunyora aiva nemafungiro akasiyana uye akamupa zano rimwe chete: "Usazviita."  "Akandiudza kuti yaive nzira yekushungurudzika," Rickner akazoyeuka gare gare, achiwedzera kuti kuve mugadziri weiyi ndima kwaive kusiri nyore panguva iyoyo. Iyi ndima yaisadzidziswa muzvikoro uye kwaingova nemakambani mashoma aikwanisa kupa vanhu dzidzo yakananga iyi. Asi Rickner akatevera nzira yake uye haana kutevedzera zano rapurofesa - uye akaita zvakanaka.

Kusvika uye kukura kwemakomputa emunhu mumakumi maviri emakore akatevera kwakakonzera, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, kuwedzera kwetaipa uye nemikana yakakura kwazvo kune vese vaida kubata nendima iyi. Apple zvakare ine kukosha kwakakosha mune izvi.

Rickner pakutanga akashanda kuImagen, kambani inodhinda laser. Asi muna 1988, havana kukwanisa kudhinda chero mafonti akaiswa pakombiyuta. Vaive vaine yavo yekuunganidza mafonti, akagadzirirwa chaizvo imwe neimwe yemhando. Pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, Rickner akapihwa basa rekugadzira zvirongwa zvinokwenenzvera nzira iyo mavara anoratidzwa muhukuru hwakasiyana.

Rickner akazobatana neApple semukuru wetaipa. Basa rake pano raive rakakosha, nekuti rimwe remabasa eMac raive rekuchinja manyorerwo ekombuta. Apple yanga ichigadzira pachivande nzira yekuratidza mafonti echitatu-bato zvakananga paMac inoshanda system. Kusvika 1991, Macintoshes aingotsigira bitmap mafonti emamwe paramita, saka anga asiri ekushandisa zvakanyanya kune nyanzvi dzekugadzira.

Font yezviitiko zvese

Iyo purojekiti yakashandwa naRickner paApple yainzi "TrueType," uye chinangwa chayo chaive chekuvandudza kugona kwemafonti muMac inoshanda system. Mafonti eTrueType anga asiri bitmap, asi akashandurwa chaizvo seratidziro uye anoratidzwa pachiratidziro chekombuta mumhando yepamusoro, chero saizi uye kugadziriswa. Kusvika kwemafonti eTrueType kwakavhura musuwo wemafonti aingove achingoshandiswa kumaprinta, achivabvumira kuenda kudhijitari.

Mafonti eTrueType ave aripo kubva 1991. Kuti mafonti aya ave muyero chaiwo, Apple yakavapa rezinesi kuMicrosoft - mafonti ekutanga TrueType akaunzwa neWindows 3.1 system yekushandisa. Nekukurumidza kwakave nekupararira kukuru kwemafonti eTrueType, uye Rickner anotaura nezve "democratization yetypography". Apple yaida kupa font kuti ive chikamu chepakati chechero sisitimu yekushandisa, sezviratidzike sekukopa mafaera kana kubata ndangariro.

Kusvika kwemafonti eTrueType kwakaratidza shanduko chaiyo kune vese vashandisi. Vakaerekana vawana mazana emafonti, anozivikanwa kubva mumapepanhau nemagazini, mumhando yekudhinda, pachinzvimbo chekuwana gumi nemaviri-akaderera-resolution mafonti. Nguva pfupi TrueType yatangwa zvinobudirira, Rickner akasiya Apple achishandira Monotype muna 1994. “Zvinogara zvichindishamisa kuti mumba makazara vagadziri vechidiki, ndini mukuru,” akadaro nezvebasa rake reMonotype mugore ra2016.

Kunobva: FastCoDesign

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