Comments on: Original Macintosh Finder font http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/finderskeepers/ reading, writing, coding, making Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/finderskeepers/#comment-103842 blogmywiki Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:41:37 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/?p=2802#comment-103842 Hi Josep - I'd not noticed those differences, interesting! The only contact I've ever had with Susan was via Twitter as per the tweet above. Best wishes, Giles. Hi Josep – I’d not noticed those differences, interesting! The only contact I’ve ever had with Susan was via Twitter as per the tweet above. Best wishes, Giles.

]]> By: Josep http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/finderskeepers/#comment-103837 Josep Sat, 22 Oct 2022 05:17:57 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/?p=2802#comment-103837 What never made sense to me was how and why liberties were taken to Geneva such that smaller sizes of the bitmapped version look like a completely different font, as demonstrated here: https://www.masterstech-home.com/the_library/font_samples/font_indices/Image_Pages/G/Geneva.html The salient differences I'm thinking of are the flat-topped digit 3 and the upper serifs on the lowercase I, J and L, which do not get carried over with the TrueType version we know today. A similar question could be raised about Monaco, small sizes of which have the uppercase I and lowercase L identical to one another, like the uppercase O and digit 0, as shown here: https://www.masterstech-home.com/the_library/font_samples/font_indices/Image_Pages/M/Monaco.html Must've been inconvenient for programmers to tell them apart. I have tried to contact Susan Kare about how and why Geneva looks so different, and have yet to hear back from her. Do you have a way to contact her? Thanks! What never made sense to me was how and why liberties were taken to Geneva such that smaller sizes of the bitmapped version look like a completely different font, as demonstrated here:
https://www.masterstech-home.com/the_library/font_samples/font_indices/Image_Pages/G/Geneva.html
The salient differences I’m thinking of are the flat-topped digit 3 and the upper serifs on the lowercase I, J and L, which do not get carried over with the TrueType version we know today.

A similar question could be raised about Monaco, small sizes of which
have the uppercase I and lowercase L identical to one another, like the uppercase O and digit 0, as shown here:
https://www.masterstech-home.com/the_library/font_samples/font_indices/Image_Pages/M/Monaco.html
Must’ve been inconvenient for programmers to tell them apart.

I have tried to contact Susan Kare about how and why Geneva looks so different, and have yet to hear back from her. Do you have a way to contact her?
Thanks!

]]> By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/finderskeepers/#comment-103229 blogmywiki Wed, 11 May 2022 05:42:09 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/?p=2802#comment-103229 Hi Lawrence - glad you like it, and delighted you're using it on your website. Best wishes and good luck! Hi Lawrence – glad you like it, and delighted you’re using it on your website. Best wishes and good luck!

]]> By: Lawrence http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/finderskeepers/#comment-103227 Lawrence Tue, 10 May 2022 22:07:25 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/?p=2802#comment-103227 I'm using this for my website if that's ok! - It's not up yet I've spent hours trying to make my own similar one and it's been driving me mad, i've given in to the "not doing everything myself" mentality and this has been a godsend! Thanks for the lovely font! I’m using this for my website if that’s ok! – It’s not up yet

I’ve spent hours trying to make my own similar one and it’s been driving me mad, i’ve given in to the “not doing everything myself” mentality and this has been a godsend!
Thanks for the lovely font!

]]> By: Scott Woods http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/finderskeepers/#comment-91940 Scott Woods Tue, 12 Jun 2018 05:57:06 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/?p=2802#comment-91940 hey man I just thought you should know that I used your font on my macintosh inspired website come check it out! http://www.agoraroad.com/macforum/ hey man I just thought you should know that I used your font on my macintosh inspired website come check it out! http://www.agoraroad.com/macforum/

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