Alamu a duk tarihin Apple

Koyaushe tare da niyyar sanin tarihin Apple ta hanyar hotonsa, a yau za mu ɗan gaje kaɗan kan amfani da nau'ikan rubutu a cikin tallan kamfanin Cupertino. Wato, za mu mai da hankali kan rubutun da Apple yayi amfani da su wajen talla, tambura da sauran bangarorin sadarwa na waje. Wataƙila, a wani lokaci, zamuyi ma'amala da nau'ikan tsarin da faifan maɓalli.

Kafin ci gaba, yana da kyau a san cewa Apple yana da muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɓaka shirye-shirye da fasaha don ƙirƙirar rubutun rubutu na zamani.

Da kyau, idan muka koma ga abin da za mu iya kira tarihi, za mu ga cewa nau'ikan rubutun farko da aka yi amfani da shi na hannu ne, kamar yadda muke gani a cikin tambarin farko na kamfanin, wanda shi da kansa ya tsara Ronald wayne. Rubutun rubutu ne wanda yake kwaikwayon manyan rubutun tsoffin Rome. (Na san yawancinku sun sani, amma halin da aka nuna a can shine Isaac Newton).

Nau'in rubutu na biyu a cikin tarihi shine Motter Tektura, wanda ke ƙaddamar da matakin masana'antu da kasuwanci na kamfanin kawai. Thethface an tsara shi ne da Othmar Motte dan Austriya a shekarar 1975. A wancan lokacin, an dauke shi a matsayin na zamani kuma wanda ake kira avant-garde, wasu ra'ayoyi biyu ne da Apple yake son hada su da kayayyakinsa. An yi amfani dashi da mahimmanci don Apple I da Apple II.

A cikin 1984, kamfanin Cupertino ya karɓi Garamond, nau'in fasalin karni na XNUMX da Faransanci yayi Claude garamond. A zahiri, an yi sigar takamaiman nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan rubutu, wanda ya fi takaitawa, wanda ake kira Apple Garamond. Kamar yadda muka tattauna a a previous post, yin amfani da nau'in yanke irin na yau da kullun yayi matukar ban mamaki amma ya dace da kayan aikin da aka bayar.

A hankali, a ƙarshen shekarun 90 da farkon sabon ƙarni, amma tabbas tun shekara ta 2002, Apple ya canza font zuwa Dubu goma, alamar sabon mataki, sabuntawa. Myriad nau'in rubutu ne na zamani amma tare da tushe mai ƙarfi a al'ada, wanda aka ƙirƙira shi Robert Slimbach. Babu shakka, irin wannan wasiƙar ta ba da sabon iska ga sadarwa da mahaɗan kamfanin, daidai da layin ƙirar samfuran, wanda ya fara nuna layi mai sauƙi da sauƙi.

A ƙarshe, tare da ƙaddamar da Mac Book Air, an sake gabatar da wani ƙaramin canji: kyakkyawar bugawa, daidai da littafin rubutu mai tsaka-tsakin. Wasu suna tunanin cewa ana kiran wannan nau'in Kozuka Gothic Pro, amma ina tsammanin kawai fasalin haske ne na Myriad.