San Francisco

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Credits

Designer(s)
Susan Kare
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Release Year
1984
Country of Origin
United States
Classification
Ornamented, Novelty
Original Format
Bitmap
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ransom

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San Francisco was one of the original bitmap typefaces for the Apple Macintosh computer. It was designed to mimic the ransom note effect. An official TrueType version was never made, and San Francisco was rendered obsolete with the arrival of System 7.

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Last edited by Dave C on September 17, 2009, 01:45pm EST

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