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Movable type and the hand press combined to create numerous
nearly identical Bibles.
This was the beginning of mass production -
Typesetters had to re-type the copy while entering coding for formatting. It was the biggest change in the past 500 years.
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The Macintosh Computer was introduced in 1984. The “Mac” introduced the
Graphic User Interface to consumer computing.
The Mac’s built in fonts were bitmap. Cost: $2495 with 128k of RAM -
This started apple being a jugernaut in computers.
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debuted in 1985 with built in Postscript fonts.
At almost $7,000 it was the first “affordable” high resolution printer.
It printed 8 pages per minute and weighed a hefty 77 pounds. -
it quickly developedsuperior typographic and long document features and became the industry standard for print publishing. Newspapers, magazines, and brochures were almost universally produced in Quark.
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debuted in 1987. It was soon followed by Illustrator 88
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debuted in 1989 Scanners and colorprinters were high-end professional equipment.
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It is no longer supported.
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It took several versions to be accepted by the design and pre-press communities.
