Ayizondaba ukuba abafana abasebenza mihla le eCupertino abashiyi nezona nkcukacha zincinci ithuba. Nantsi indlela esinokuyiqinisekisa ngayo ngeendaba esikuzisela zona namhlanje: UApple wamkela ifonti entsha, ngeli xesha enye yenzelwe ngokukodwa kunye nabo, kwiwebhusayithi yabo esemthethweni Www.apple.com, ubizile Esan Francisco.
Ukususela namhlanje, sinokubona indlela i-typography yephepha lenkampani lihlaziywe ngokupheleleyo. Imodeli entsha yeFountain yaqalwa ngo-2015 ecaleni kwe-Apple Watch. Kodwa ukusukela namhlanje, inokubonwa kuzo zonke iiwebhusayithi ezisemthethweni ze-Apple.
Ifonti yangaphambili, Amashumi amawaka, iye yatshintshwa ngokusisigxina kwaye ngoku San Francisco yenza kube lula ukufunda, ukwenza izicatshulwa zibe ngqindilili kwaye zibe lula. I-San Francisco isetyenziswe kwi-iOS kunye ne-MacOS ukususela kwi-iOS 9 kunye ne-OS X 10.11, ngo-2015.
Sinokuluchaza njani olu hlobo lwefonti? Ewe, imalunga nomfana sans-serif ijingisiwe, iyafana ne IHelvetica. Yenzelwe ngokukodwa izikrini ezincinci, njenge-Apple Watch, enesithuba esongezelelweyo phakathi kweleta nganye yokufunda lula kunye nokufundeka. Nangona kunjalo, ikwasebenza ngokugqibeleleyo kwiziboniso ezinkulu zeretina ngenxa yoyilo lwayo olucocekileyo.
San Francisco Yeyona fonti yokuqala eyenziwe nguApple kwiminyaka emininzi. Kwiminyaka ye-80, kwakuyinto eqhelekileyo ukubona inkampani yaseMntla Melika isenza iifonti ezintsha kwaye iwaphumeze kwizixhobo zabo. Nangona kunjalo, ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-90s, uApple wayishiya loo misebenzi, efumana iifonti esele zenziwe ukuba zisetyenziswe kwaye ziphucule imbonakalo yazo yegraphic.
Kungenxa yoko, umthombo San Francisco inokubaluleka okubalulekileyo. Kubathandi be-retro, inyani yokuba i-Apple iwabuyise umva amanyathelo ayo ukuyila iifonti zayo kukunqwala kumanyathelo alandelwe kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, kwaye oko kusenze savela ngokwetekhnoloji kule ndawo sikuyo ngoku.
