Geneva (typeface)
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Geneva is a realist sans-serif
typeface
designed by Susan Kare
for Apple Computer
. It is one of the oldest fonts shipped with the Macintosh operating system
. The original version was a bitmap font, but later versions were converted to TrueType
when that technology became available on the Macintosh platform. Because this Macintosh font is not commonly available on other platforms, many find Verdana
or Arial
to be an acceptable substitute.
Geneva was originally a redesigned version of the famous Linotype typeface Helvetica
; the TrueType version of the font is somewhat different.
A slightly modified version of Geneva known as Simple can be found in the Apple Newton
operating system.
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif or san serif typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without"....
typeface
Typeface
In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
designed by Susan Kare
Susan Kare
Susan Kare is an artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. She was also one of the original employees of NeXT , working as the Creative Director.-Background:Kare was born in Ithaca, New York and is the sister of aerospace engineer...
for Apple Computer
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...
. It is one of the oldest fonts shipped with the Macintosh operating system
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
. The original version was a bitmap font, but later versions were converted to TrueType
TrueType
TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript...
when that technology became available on the Macintosh platform. Because this Macintosh font is not commonly available on other platforms, many find Verdana
Verdana
Verdana is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Microsoft Corporation, with hand-hinting done by Thomas Rickner, then at Monotype. Demand for such a typeface was recognized by Virginia Howlett of Microsoft's typography group...
or Arial
Arial
Arial, sometimes marketed or displayed in software as Arial MT, is a sans-serif typeface and set of computer fonts. Fonts from the Arial family are packaged with Microsoft Windows, some other Microsoft software applications, Apple Mac OS X and many PostScript 3 computer printers...
to be an acceptable substitute.
Geneva was originally a redesigned version of the famous Linotype typeface Helvetica
Helvetica
Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann.-Visual distinctive characteristics:Characteristics of this typeface are:lower case:square dot over the letter i....
; the TrueType version of the font is somewhat different.
A slightly modified version of Geneva known as Simple can be found in the Apple Newton
Apple Newton
The MessagePad was the first series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple for the Newton platform in 1993. Some electronic engineering and the manufacture of Apple's MessagePad devices was done in Japan by the Sharp Corporation...
operating system.