San Francisco (1984 typeface)

For the typeface for OS X, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS, see San Francisco (2014 typeface).
San Francisco
Category Display
Designer(s) Susan Kare
Foundry Apple Computer
Sample

San Francisco was one of the original bitmap typefaces for the Apple Macintosh computer released in 1984. It was designed by Susan Kare to mimic the ransom note effect and was used in early Mac software demos and Apple company fliers.[1] An official TrueType version was never made, and San Francisco was rendered obsolete with the arrival of System 7.

Saint Francis, by Hank Gillette,[2][3] is a free TrueType font of similar design sometimes used as a surrogate on non-Apple systems.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Francisco (1984 typeface).

References

  1. ↑ San Francisco at Fonts In Use
  2. ↑ Mac Font Vault - Arty Fonts
  3. ↑ Publishers' Warehouse
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