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Mark Simonson

I've been down a rabbit hole the last couple of weeks with Apple's ancient Font Editor 2.0 (1984), the first font editor I ever used on a Mac. This is the pre-PostScript era of bitmap fonts like Chicago, Geneva, and New York. I wound up making a user guide and a video demo, which you can watch here: youtu.be/rOwzfaTU0XA?si=QDwZDF

Screenshot of Apple’s Font Editor 2.0 from 1984 showing a 24 point bitmap font based on Century Expanded
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David JONES

@marksimonson Mark, this is amazing. But i only boost posts with alt text on their images (aka "image description). Can you please take the time to write some? Should be able to edit the post. Ta.

Ben Fry

@marksimonson So great, thank you for the reminder.

Forgive me if you mention it in your video, since I haven't had time to watch it yet, but I was also fond of the mini version built directly into ResEdit:

Luke Dorny :CameraPolaroid:

@marksimonson What a wonderful video clearly showcasing the experience of tasks in 1980s on the Mac along with several gotchas.

I faintly recall using ResEdit to change the Finder’s “Cancel/Okay” to “Nah/Sure” system wide because why not, but I my may be misremembering. Good times.

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