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Chicago
Chicago is a sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer.
About Chicago
Chicago is a sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer. It was used in the user interface of the Mac OS between 1984 and 1997, and was an important part of Apple's brand identity. It was also used in early versions of the iPod user interface. Chicago was initially a bitmap font; as Mac OS's capabilities improved, Apple commissioned the type foundry Bigelow & Holmes to create a vector-based TrueType version in 1991. The typeface is named after the U.S. city of Chicago, following the theme of original Macintosh fonts being named after major world cities.
From the Wikipedia article “Chicago (typeface)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Chicago in a book
Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q1071816 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).