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Apple Computers 1984 introduction of the first-

generation Macintosh computer fortold a

graphic revolution soon to occur. Many designers

rejected this new technology as primitive during

its infancy. April Greiman embraced it as an

innovative new tool capable of expanding the

language of design and the very nature of the

process. This Los Angeles designer explored the

a creative mix visual properties of bit-mapped fonts, the

of old and new layering and overlapping of computer-screen

technologies to information, and the tactile patterns and shapes

typographic made possible by this new technology. She used problems bit-mapped type , computer generated textures

4.8 billion B.C. Birth of Solar system and conventional typesetting. 10,000 B.C. Lascaux cave paintings 1450 Printing movable type 1826 1st photograph 1831 Electricity 1948 Birth of April Greiman

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