Re: [NTLK] Ipod Mini Uses Newton Font

From: Grant Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Tue Oct 19 2004 - 18:28:02 PDT


In a previous message, Robin Kidd typed vigorously:

>All of you probably know this but I thought it was interesting. I was
>looking over the iPodlounge today and came across a question and answer
>about what font is used with the iPod mini. It turns out that the font
>is the Espy Sans used on the Newton. Just a bit of interesting trivia
>about how the Newton keeps on "hanging on".

Espy Sans originated as a font in Apple eWorld online service which was
launched in early 1994. In could have been that the font, which had been
designed specifically for on-screen legibility, was chosen for both
eWorld and the Newton simultaneously. Espy also migrated to the Mac
platform in the ill-fated Copland operating system.

g.

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