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@FontsInUse@typo.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

RIP #BillAtkinson (1951–2025). During his time at #Apple, he was central to the development of the graphical user interface of the Lisa and later the Macintosh, and is best known for creating MacPaint, QuickDraw, and HyperCard.

Atkinson is also credited for designing Venice, a chancery script bitmap font. Along with #SusanKare’s designs, it was one the “City” fonts that came with the original #Macintosh. https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/6337/bill-atkinson

Glyph sets for Venice in two weights, taken from The Apple Macintosh Book by Cary Lu. Bellevue: Microsoft Press, 1984. Digitized by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mac_The_Apple_Macintosh_Book_Cary_Lu_1984/page/n291/mode/2up
Glyph sets for Venice in two weights, taken from The Apple Macintosh Book by Cary Lu. Bellevue: Microsoft Press, 1984. Digitized by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mac_The_Apple_Macintosh_Book_Cary_Lu_1984/page/n291/mode/2up
Glyph sets for Venice in two weights, taken from The Apple Macintosh Book by Cary Lu. Bellevue: Microsoft Press, 1984. Digitized by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mac_The_Apple_Macintosh_Book_Cary_Lu_1984/page/n291/mode/2up
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