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joy larkin 🌺

@april So, fun fact: Susan Kare is also from Philly!

Once on her Twitter feed, she recounted the story behind the famous Apple fonts, and she noted she originally named them after towns on the Philadelphia Main Line.

Apparently Steve Jobs heard the names and said something to the effect of "Susan, no one will remember those names, you need to name them after big cities."

Even though I'm sad a bit of #Philly didn't make it into Apple lore, I think Steve was ultimately correct.

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Alan Harrison

@joy @april Yeah I put this story into my book, namechecking Philly 'burbs 😁

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