Vector Hugo<p>The history of <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vectorfonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectorfonts</span></a>, <a href="https://burma.social/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a>, and <a href="https://burma.social/tags/DTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DTP</span></a> starts with a <a href="https://burma.social/tags/typefoundry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typefoundry</span></a> known as <a href="https://burma.social/tags/URW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>URW</span></a> and an almost unknown pioneer. Peter Karow came up with the concept of <a href="https://burma.social/tags/scaleable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scaleable</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vector</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fonts</span></a> when only a few nerds knew what <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Bernstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bernstein</span></a> has to do with <a href="https://burma.social/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAD</span></a>. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/uOsYMctPRNg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/uOsYMctPRNg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>That's why we illustrated the <a href="https://burma.social/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portrait</span></a> of Dr. Peter Karow in visual context of <a href="https://burma.social/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/MiniComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiniComputers</span></a>. His <a href="https://burma.social/tags/fontdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fontdesign</span></a> software was running only on <a href="https://burma.social/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/VAX11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAX11</span></a>/780 systems at first. The name <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Ikarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ikarus</span></a> was given based on stability issues long before it was ported to <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a> with <a href="https://burma.social/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>68K</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a>. When <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> came up with <a href="https://burma.social/tags/PostScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostScript</span></a> fonts, <a href="https://burma.social/tags/TrueType" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueType</span></a>, and their ATM <a href="https://burma.social/tags/TypeManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TypeManager</span></a>, it wasn't good news for URW. But <a href="https://burma.social/tags/AltSys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltSys</span></a> offering <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Fontographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fontographer</span></a> way cheaper on <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> was fatal, even without tablet. On top of that <a href="https://burma.social/tags/PierreBezi%C3%A9r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PierreBeziér</span></a> promoted the cheap competitor.</p>