Graphic designer Susan Kare is the “woman who gave the Macintosh a smile.” 1 She is best known for designing the distinctive icons, typefaces, and other graphic elements that gave the Apple Macintosh its characteristic—and widely emulated—look and feel. Characters Generated by Cairo Type Font. Cairo Unicode is the same design, updated to use Unicode technology. In 1992, Clark Riley created an outline (Type 1 Postscript) font based on it. Since then, Kare has spent the last three decades designing user interface elements for many leading software and Internet firms. your own Pins on Pinterest your own Pins on Pinterest In 1994, this was converted to TrueType technology, with Riley's approval. The famous dogcow was at the ‘z’ character position. In 1988, Kare launched her own firm, Susan Kare Design, which she maintains today. : n ). And then there was “Clarus the Dogcow,” an ambiguous-looking animal icon Kare designed as a part of Apple’s Cairo font. Clarus gained such a cult following that Kare still produces prints of the icon for its many fans. Cairo in use. In 2010, Haley Fiege remastered the font with Kare’s blessing. Making the web more beautiful, fast, and open through great typography Cairo was one of the early bitmap fonts designed by Susan Kare and included with the Mac in 1984. May 13, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Jocelyn Sánchez. Discover (and save!) Discover (and save!) May 13, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by claudia scarpa. This print incorporates Macintosh bitmaps from 1984 to illustrate the alphabet. 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm). It also documents that the dog glyph from the Cairo font (used for the letter D) is in fact not a cow. Cairo Unicode: In 1984 the Macintosh was introduced, which included a bitmap dingbat font by Susan Kare called Cairo. 1984 A-Z on Gray giclee fine art print, limited edition. Characters Generated by Cairo Type Font Artist name Susan Kare Date created c 1984 Classification design drawing Medium inkjet print Dimensions 11 x 8 1/2 in. Signed, numbered and dated by the artist, Susan Kare. Print. Susan Kare.