History and technology of computer fonts

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1998Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Journal:IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, volume 20, pages 30-34 (issn: 1058-6180,

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Authors: Tom Wright;

doi: 10.1109/85.667294

History and technology of computer fonts

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Computer fonts have become widely popularized through the use of the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows software systems. This technology has been evolving for more than 30 years and has a number of underlying technologies that support the current high level of utility and quality.

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