![]() ![]() Thanks for writing and updating such a great well researched article!įunnily enough, the first sentence of the Wikipedia page about Interpress literally says: "Interpress is a page description language developed at Xerox PARC, based on the Forth programming language and an earlier graphics language called JaM." Was available at Stanford on the Xerox Alto computers, where I first Warnock implemented JAM on various Xerox workstations by 1981 JAM Processes each token completely before moving to the next. The reference is to: Harrington, Steven Buckley, Robert R. Unfortunately, I can't find a copy of it online (wouldn't it be deliciously ironic to find a PDF rendering of the Interpress Source Book? ), so I can't check if the citation literally says Interpress was based on Forth, but I've asked Brian Reid if he had a copy or knew a better citation. ![]() I'll update the Wikipedia page if I get any more information. I really love Brian's first-hand account of the origins of PostScript that he posted to laser-lovers! #Simairport gonna get sued update# If the Helvetica font can have a movie all about it, I think the story of PostScript deserves a whole miniseries! "showpage: the PostScript Documentary"īrian Reid is also known for Scribe, the Usenet Cookbook, and is well respected enough in computer security circles that Kevin Mitnick impersonated him on the phone to gain people's trust! )īrian's brother Glenn Reid was also very active in the PostScript world, he worked for Adobe (Illustrator), Apple (iMovie) and Fractal Design (Painter, Dabbler, Poser), and NeXT (Interpersonal Computing).Īround 1990, Glenn Reid independently designed and developed a delightfully original "Font Appreciation" app for NeXT called TouchType, which decades later only recently somehow found its way into Illustrator. The only difference in Adobe's version of TouchType is that there's a space between "Touch" and "Type" (which TouchType made really easy to do), and that it came decades later! Adobe even CALLED it the "Touch Type Tool", but didn't give him any credit or royalty. ![]()
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