Ubaba uRobert Palladino, owagqugquzela uhlobo lweMac typeface, ushona eneminyaka engama-83

URobert Palladino, 1.933-2.016

Ubaba URobert Palladino, Umsebenzi wakhe njengothisha we-calligraphy wathonya uSteve Jobs osemusha futhi kamuva iMac yokuqala, ushone izolo eneminyaka engama-83 okudala. UPalladino, wayengumpristi wamaRoma Katolika owafunda ubuciko bokubhala ngokuloba njengendela yeTrappist futhi wagqugquzela izinhlaka zokuguqula ezazisetshenziswa kuma-computer okuqala futhi, ngokwengeza, ikhompyutha yomuntu siqu yanamuhla (PC). Ngaphambi kweMac, amakhompiyutha nezinhlelo ezisebenzayo bezisebenzisa amafonti namafonti enziwe yi-IBM.

URobert Palladino noSteve Jobs bahlangana ngesikhathi beqeqeshwa eReed College ePortland, e-Oregon, lapho kwakungeyabo khona uthisha we-calligraphy kusuka ngo-1969 kuya ku-1984. Imisebenzi yajoyina ikilasi likaPalladino ngemuva kokushiya i-Reed College ngo-1972 futhi, kubonakala sengathi wethuka kakhulu, eza nokuphikisana nabathuthukisi bohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Mac ngokufuna ukufaka amafonti kumakhompyutha okwakukholakala ukuthi angeke kwenzeke ngaleso sikhathi.

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URobert Palladino, 1.933-2.016

Enkulumweni yakhe yokuqala ngonyaka ka-2005, uJobs ukhulume ngomthelela izimfundiso zikaPalladino kuye:

Akukho nokukodwa kwalokhu, akukho themba lokuthi ngizosebenza ngokoqobo empilweni yami. Kepha ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10, ngenkathi sakha ikhompyutha yokuqala yeMacintosh, konke kwabuyela kimi. Futhi sakha iMac. Kwakuyikhompyutha yokuqala ene-typography enhle. Ukube angikaze ngiphume kuleso sifundo ekolishi, abakwaMac bebengeke babe nezindawo zokuthayipha noma amafonti amaningi ahlukaniswe ngokulingana. Futhi njengoba iWindows ikopishe iMac kuphela, kungenzeka ukuthi ayikho ikhompyutha yomuntu siqu ebingaba nayo. Ukube angikaze ngiphume phakathi, ngabe angizange ngilele lolu hlobo lwe-calligraphy, futhi amakhompyutha angahle angabi nayo i-typography enhle abayenzayo. Vele, bekungenakwenzeka ukuxhuma amachashazi abheke phambili ngenkathi ngisekolishi. Kepha bekucaca impela emuva kweminyaka eyishumi.

UJobs akazange asho, kepha uPalladino wabuzwa ngokwakhiwa kwezinhlamvu zokuqala zesiGreki zeMac futhi umpristi wathi “Wathatha ikilasi lami futhi waba nentshisekelo enkulu ekubunjweni kwezinhlamvu. Wabuya emuva konyaka noma ngaphezulu futhi wathi unentshisekelo ku-alfabhethi lami lesiGreki".

UPalladino wayenethonya ekuguqulweni kwamakhompyutha, kepha akazange asebenzise ikhompyutha. Lala ngoxolo.