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Apparently the Xerox Star had basic desktop publishing with a variety of typefaces in 1981, so Jobs's calligraphy course may not have been the history-changing
by jcl 16y ago
Apparently the Xerox Star had basic desktop publishing with a variety of typefaces in 1981, so Jobs's calligraphy course may not have been the history-changing event he makes it out to be. "Beautiful" is, of course, subjective.
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-8010/xerox-star-8010-07.jpg http://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-8...
- meric 16y agoI wonder if you've noticed but the rendered text on websites viewed from a mac is very different from the same on windows. On windows the fonts aren't as smooth as on the mac. I always dread viewing the windows version of websites I develop after I did them on my mac. They make a good looking website into a crappy looking one because its headings, its text becomes more pixelated. The good thing is... (There's always a good thing). Now I know how much typography matters in making things look good.
- jmaygarden 16y agoI believe Spolsky covered this topic in depth a while back... and here it is: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html