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The Wikipedia article about dogcow states that someone else made it: > In 1983, the dog icon had been created by Susan Kare as the glyph for "z", as part of th
by aeorgnoieang 9y ago
The Wikipedia article about dogcow states that someone else made it:
> In 1983, the dog icon had been created by Susan Kare as the glyph for "z", as part of the Cairo font. Later, when designing the classic Mac OS "Page Setup" print dialog box, an example image was required to demonstrate the orientation and color of the paper.[2] HCI engineer Annette Wagner made the decision to use that dog as a starting point, editing it and creating a larger version with spots to be more suitable for demonstrating various printing options. The new dog graphic had a more bovine look.
It claims that Susan Kare made the dog icon but Annette Wagner made dogcow based on it.
- hypertexthero 9y agoIndeed — thank you for the correction. I like both Susan’s spotted dog and Annette’s dogcow!
- kevinslashslash 9y agoI got the impression that the dogcow was essentially a mistake, like stretching 4:3 to 16:9. The changes were intentionally (and manually) done to better fit with Page Setup, but it not intended to look like a cow or dogcow hybrid. I don't have any sources though, just something I think I read many years ago.