Amaya Toman A cikin 1989, Apple ya ɗauki Thomas Rickner. Mafarin tafiya ce ta kai ga ƙaddamar da rubutun rubutu masu dacewa ga kowace kwamfuta.
Rubutun takaici
Rickner ya yanke shawarar aikinsa a tsakiyar shekarun 1980, amma farfesa a rubuce-rubucen yana da ra'ayi daban-daban kuma ya ba shi shawara ɗaya kawai: "Kada ku yi." "Ya gaya mani hanya ce ta takaici," in ji Rickner daga baya, ya kara da cewa zama mai zane a wannan fanni ba shi da sauki a lokacin. Ba a koyar da wannan fanni a makarantu ba kuma akwai kamfanoni kalilan da za su iya ba mutane ilimi ta wannan hanyar. Amma Rickner ya bi hanyarsa kuma bai bi shawarar farfesa ba - kuma ya yi kyau.
Zuwan da haɓakar kwamfutoci na sirri a cikin shekaru ashirin da suka biyo baya ya haifar, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, haɓakar rubuce-rubuce da dama mafi girma ga duk waɗanda ke son yin mu'amala da wannan fannin. Apple kuma yana da fa'ida mai mahimmanci a cikin wannan.
Rickner ya fara aiki a Imagen, kamfani na firinta na Laser. Amma a shekarar 1988, ba su iya buga duk wani rubutu da aka sanya a kwamfutar ba. Suna da tarin nasu nau'ikan haruffa, waɗanda aka tsara musamman don kowane nau'in. Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, an ba Rickner alhakin tsara shirye-shiryen da ke inganta yadda ake baje kolin haruffa daban-daban.
Gidan hoton hoto
Daga baya Rickner ya koma Apple a matsayin babban mai buga rubutu. Matsayinsa a nan yana da matukar muhimmanci, domin daya daga cikin ayyukan Mac shi ne canza fasalin rubutun kwamfuta. Apple ya kasance yana haɓaka hanyar da za a nuna font na ɓangare na uku a asirce akan tsarin aiki na Mac. Har zuwa 1991, Macintoshes kawai yana goyan bayan fonts bitmap na takamaiman sigogi, don haka ba su da amfani sosai ga ƙwararrun ƙirƙira.
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Klára Jelínková A font ga duk lokatai
Aikin da Rickner ya yi aiki da shi a Apple ana kiransa “TrueType,” kuma manufarsa ita ce inganta iyawar nunin rubutu a cikin tsarin Mac. Rubutun TrueType ba bitmap ba ne, amma a zahiri an fassara su azaman jita-jita kuma an nuna su akan allon kwamfuta a mafi girman inganci, kowane girman da ƙuduri. Zuwan fonts na TrueType ya buɗe kofa ga fonts waɗanda har sai lokacin kawai ana amfani da su don masu bugawa, yana ba su damar yin dijital.
Rubutun TrueType sun kasance tun daga 1991. Domin waɗannan fonts su zama daidaitattun ma'auni, Apple ya ba su lasisi zuwa Microsoft - farkon rubutun TrueType an gabatar da su tare da tsarin aiki na Windows 3.1. Da sauri an sami yawaitar yaɗuwar fonts na TrueType, kuma Rickner yayi magana game da "dimokiraɗiyya na rubutu". Apple yana son yin rubutu ya zama babban sashe na kowane tsarin aiki, kamar yadda yake bayyana kansa kamar kwafin fayiloli ko sarrafa ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya.
Zuwan fonts na TrueType ya nuna ainihin juyi ga duk masu amfani. Ba zato ba tsammani sun sami damar yin amfani da ɗarurruwan haruffa, waɗanda aka sani daga jaridu da mujallu, cikin ingancin bugawa, maimakon samun damar amfani da dozin ƙananan haruffa marasa ƙarfi. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan an ƙaddamar da TrueType cikin nasara, Rickner ya bar Apple don aiki don Monotype a 1994. "A koyaushe yana bani mamaki cewa a cikin daki mai cike da matasa masu zane-zane, ni ne mafi tsufa," in ji shi game da aikinsa na Monotype a cikin 2016.
Source: FastCoDesign
Bai isa kwafin labarin ba, ya kamata kuma a tabbatar da shi. Tabbas, rubutun vector yana kan Mac tun 84, bayan haka, ƙirƙirar DTP shima yana da alaƙa da su. Dalilin da ya sa Apple ya haɓaka TrueType shine cewa dole ne ya biya farashi mai yawa don maganin gasa daga Adobe (Type1). kudade. Duba Wiki ko wani wuri don ƙarin. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_fonts)
Daidai. Juyin juya halin DTP na ainihi ya riga ya faru a tsakiyar shekarun 80, kuma "troika" ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a ciki: PostScript daga Adobe, Pagemaker daga Aldus da LaserWriter daga Apple. Hakanan ana iya dangana wani kaso ga kamfanoni kamar Scitex, Iris ko ma Linotype. Kuma magana game da TrueType... Shin da gaske Apple kawai ya ba da lasisin wannan font ga Microsoft? Ina da ra'ayi cewa MS yana da hannu kai tsaye a cikin ci gaban…