San Francisco (typeface)

San Francisco (typeface)

Infobox font
name = San Francisco


style = Display
date = 1983
creator = Susan Kare
foundry = Apple Computer
sample = |

San Francisco was one of the original bitmap typefaces for the Apple Macintosh computer. It was designed by Susan Kare to mimic the ransom note effect. An official TrueType version was never made, and San Francisco was rendered obsolete with the arrival of System 7.

[http://www.fontspace.com/hank-gillette/st-francis Saint Francis] , by Hank Gillette [ [http://www.erik.co.uk/font/arty.html Mac Font Vault - Arty Fonts] ] [ [http://www.graphic-design.com/maia/fonts/st_francis/index.html Publishers' Warehouse] ] , is a free TrueType font of similar design sometimes used as a surrogate on non-Apple systems.

See also: Samples of display typefaces

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