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| Category | Display |
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| Designer(s) | Susan Kare |
| Foundry | Apple Computer |
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San Francisco is one of the original bitmap typefaces for the Apple Macintosh computer released in 1984. It was designed by Susan Kare to mimic the ransom-note effect and was used in early Mac software demos and Apple company fliers. [1] An official TrueType version was never made, and San Francisco was rendered obsolete with the arrival of System 7.
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SF may refer to:
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