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> Microsoft, while working on Windows 95, wanted to create its own graphics API for developers, and a primary goal was making it compatible with existing printe
by Narishma 7y ago
> Microsoft, while working on Windows 95, wanted to create its own graphics API for developers, and a primary goal was making it compatible with existing printers so the graphics could be sent to printers as easily as a screen. This API was eventually released as GDI, a core component used by every engineer during Windows’s meteoric rise to popularity in the 90s.
AFAIK, GDI was part of Windows since the very first version released in 1985.
- codewiz 7y agoYes, and its binary serialization format Windows Metafile (WMF) also predates Windows 95. Microsoft tried to push it as an alternative to PostScript for printing, with some success in low-end PC printers with thick drivers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Metafile#Implementations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Metafile#Implementatio...
- Jasper_ 7y agoThat one slipped by in editing. Fixed, thank you.